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Inoceramus klamathensis

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy
Inoceramus klamathensis was named by Anderson (1902). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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. digitatus, I. etheridgei, I. ewaldi, I. ezoensis, I. fiegei, I. flavus, I. gusselkaensis, I. heinzi, I. hobetsensis, I. incertus, I. incurvus, I. ipuanus, I. irenensis, I. japonicus, I. kapuus, I. labiatiformis, I. labiatoidiformis, I. lapparenti, I. longealatus, I. maedae, I. mamatensis, I. marathonensis, I. matotorus, I. nodai, I. nukeus, I. obtusus, I. opetius, I. pedalionoides, I. pennatulus, 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. subundantus, I. sutherlandi, I. tenuis, I. tenuistriatus, I. tenuistriatus(), I. tenuiumbonatus, I. teshioensis, I. typicus, I. urius, I. vancouverensis, I. vanuxemi, I. vanuxemiformis, I. virgatus, I. volgensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. wandereri, I. warakius, I. yokoyamai, I. zavoljiensis, I. concentrica, I. goldfussi, I. tenuilineatum, I. crippsi, I. hobetsensis, I. iburiensis, I. soukupi, I. incertus, I. ezoensis, I. japonicus, I. rhomboides, I. bornholmensis, I. guerichi, I. steenstrupi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Inoceramus klamathensis Anderson p. 73 figs. pl. 9, figs. 185, 186
1958Inoceramus klamathensis Anderson p. 104 figs. Plate 18, figures 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyInoceramidaeGiebel 1852
genusInoceramusSowerby 1814
speciesklamathensis

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 klamathensis Anderson 1902
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. M. Anderson 1902Shell small, not attaining a size much above that shown in the figures, in- equivalve, the left valve being much more strongly arched, the right being somewhat flattened, or compressed; left valve showing a tendency to form an umbonal angle and depression at mature age; hinge line short, and form ing an angle of 60 degrees with the anterior margin.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Inoceramus klamathensis (44198)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Inoceramus klamathensis (44235 44271)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (California) Inoceramus klamathensis (44268)