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Inoceramus (Endocostea) balticus

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy

Inoceramus (Endocostea) balticus was named by Bohm (1907).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Endocostea pteroides, Endocostea sagensis, I. agdjakendensis, I. anakusensis, I. angulatus, I. angustiundulatus, I. annulatus, I. aucella, I. australis, I. balchii, I. barsliensis, I. bererensis, I. bicorrugatus, I. bojarkensis, I. borilensis, I. cadottensis, I. comancheanus, I. conicus, I. crippsi, I. crispi, I. curvieri, I. etheridgei, I. ewaldi, I. fiegei, I. flavus, I. gusselkaensis, I. heinzi, I. incurvus, I. ipuanus, I. irenensis, I. kapuus, I. labiatiformis, I. labiatoidiformis, I. lapparenti, I. maedae, I. mamatensis, I. marathonensis, I. matotorus, I. nodai, I. nukeus, I. obtusus, I. opetius, I. pedalionoides, I. perplexus, I. pertenuis, I. pochialaineni, I. proximus, I. pseudoregularis, I. quadrans, I. quatsinoensis, I. reduncus, I. renngarteni, I. richensis, I. rutherfordi, I. sagensis, I. saratoviensis, I. schloenbachi, I. schoendorfi, I. spitzbergensis, I. stilley, I. stoneleyi, I. subneocomiensis, I. subpercostatus, I. sutherlandi, I. tenuis, I. tenuistriatus, I. tenuistriatus(), I. tenuiumbonatus, I. typicus, I. urius, I. vanuxemi, I. vanuxemiformis, I. volgensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. wandereri, I. warakius, I. yokoyamai, I. zavoljiensis, I. concentrica, I. goldfussi, I. tenuilineatum, I. crippsi, I. iburiensis, I. soukupi, I. rhomboides, I. bornholmensis, I. guerichi, I. steenstrupi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1907	Inoceramus (Endocostea) balticus Bohm
1993	Inoceramus (Endocostea) balticus Elder and Saul figs. Pl 1, fig 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Inoceramoidea	Giebel 1852
family	Inoceramidae	Giebel 1852
genus	Inoceramus	Sowerby 1814
subgenus	Endocostea	(Whitfield 1877)
species	balticus	Bohm 1907

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.

†Inoceramus (Endocostea) balticus Bohm 1907

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-04-13 11:12:15

Modified:

2009-04-13 13:12:15

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 93.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (51 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Canada (British Columbia)	Inoceramus balticus (88119)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (New Mexico)	Inoceramus balticus (82259)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Japan	Inoceramus balticus (65025)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	USA (New Mexico)	Inoceramus balticus (87850)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Japan (Kumamoto)	Inoceramus balticus (39565)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Japan (Hyogo)	Inoceramus balticus (39575)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Romania (Alba)	Inoceramus balticus (219716)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Japan	Inoceramus balticus (40167)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Japan (Wakayama)	Inoceramus balticus (39967)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Texas)	Inoceramus balticus (221086)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	Inoceramus balticus (36808)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Texas)	Inoceramus balticus (3613 3616)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (California)	Inoceramus balticus (144767)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (California)	Inoceramus balticus (185397)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	Inoceramus balticus (63985 63995 64002 64127 64128 64130 64131 64132 64134 64135 64136 64142 64143 64155 64178 64180)
Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Texas)	Inoceramus balticus (3604 3607 3608 3612 3632)
Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Colorado)	Endocostea balticus (5607)
Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Japan	Inoceramus balticus (199734)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Spain	Endocostea balticus (1331)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Cuba	Endocostea balticus (1374)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Russian Federation	Endocostea balticus (1337)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Madagascar	Endocostea balticus (1322)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Ukraine	Endocostea balticus (1334)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Serbia and Montenegro	Endocostea balticus (1380)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	France (Normandy)	Endocostea balticus (1325)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	USA (California)	Inoceramus balticus (185759)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	France	Endocostea balticus (1323)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Japan	Endocostea balticus (1315)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Bulgaria	Endocostea balticus (1332)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Denmark	Endocostea balticus (1385)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	USA (California)	Inoceramus balticus (185404)