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Parastroma

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae

Taxonomy
Parastroma was named by Douvillé (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-l K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 972]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hippuritidae by Skelton (2013).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Parastroma Douvillé
2002Parastroma Sepkoski
2013Parastroma Skelton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida()
suborderRadiolitidina
superfamilyRadiolitoideaGray 1848
familyHippuritidaeGray 1848
genusParastromaDouvillé 1926

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Parastroma Douvillé 1926
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Parastroma guitarti Palmer 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Grouping: gregariousf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 07:00:32
Modified: 2007-09-26 09:51:27
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Costa Rica (Guanacaste) P. trechmanni (221368 221369)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Chiapas) P. trechmanni (221358)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Mexico P. sp. (64217)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Cuba P. sanchezi, P. guitarti (73287) P. trechmanni, P. guitarti (1374)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Puerto Rico P. guitarti (216440)