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Streblochondria ptychotis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae

Taxonomy
Pecten ptychotis was named by M'Coy (1847). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dunvegan (W.B. Clarke coll), which is in an Asbian marine siliciclastic in the Flagstaff Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Aviculopecten ptychotis by Etheridge and Dun (1906); it was recombined as Streblochondria ptychotis by Newell (1938).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Pecten ptychotis M'Coy p. 298 figs. Pl 14, fig 2
1906Aviculopecten ptychotis Etheridge and Dun
1938Streblochondria ptychotis Newell p. 115

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyChaenocardioideaMiller 1889
familyStreblochondriidaeNewell 1938
genusStreblochondria
speciesptychotis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:07:07
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:07:07
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Asbian or 340.00000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Australia (New South Wales) Pecten ptychotis (type locality: 133349)