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Amusium
Taxonomy
Amussium was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant. Its type is Ostrea pleuronectes.
It was reranked as Pecten (Amusium) by Dall (1898), Glenn (1904), Arnold (1906) and DuBar (1958); it was reranked as Pecten (Amussium) by Martin (1909) and Vredenburg (1928); it was corrected as Amusium by Oostingh (1935), Gardner (1943), Marasti (1973), Addicott (1974), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Moore (1984), Gibson (1987), del Rio (1992), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Smith et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Pecten by Dall (1898), Glenn (1904), Arnold (1906), Martin (1909) and Vredenburg (1928); to Propeamussiidae by Vokes (1980) and Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Amusiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Pectinidae by Oostingh (1935), Gardner (1943), DuBar (1958), Marasti (1973), Addicott (1974), Woodring (1982), Moore (1984), Gibson (1987), del Rio (1992), Todd (2001) and Smith et al. (2021).
It was reranked as Pecten (Amusium) by Dall (1898), Glenn (1904), Arnold (1906) and DuBar (1958); it was reranked as Pecten (Amussium) by Martin (1909) and Vredenburg (1928); it was corrected as Amusium by Oostingh (1935), Gardner (1943), Marasti (1973), Addicott (1974), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Moore (1984), Gibson (1987), del Rio (1992), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Smith et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Pecten by Dall (1898), Glenn (1904), Arnold (1906), Martin (1909) and Vredenburg (1928); to Propeamussiidae by Vokes (1980) and Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Amusiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Pectinidae by Oostingh (1935), Gardner (1943), DuBar (1958), Marasti (1973), Addicott (1974), Woodring (1982), Moore (1984), Gibson (1987), del Rio (1992), Todd (2001) and Smith et al. (2021).
Species
A. (Pseudamussium), A. aguaclarensis, A. balloti, A. bocasense, A. darwinianum, A. filosum, A. hulshofi, A. lucens, A. mimyum, A. mortoni, A. orientale, A. papyraceum, A. paris, A. pleuronectes, A. sol, A. toulae (syn. A. luna), Amussium alazanum, Amussium destefanii, Amussium lompocensis, Amussium squamulum, Amussium subcorneum, Pecten (Amusium) condoni, Pecten (Amusium) lyonii, Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis, Pleuronectes elongatus, Pleuronectes vulsus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1798 | Amussium Röding |
| 1832 | Pleuronectes Bronn p. 624 |
| 1840 | Pleuronectia Swainson |
| 1886 | Pecten (Pleuronectia) Aldrich p. 40 |
| 1898 | Pecten (Amusium) Dall p. 757 |
| 1904 | Pecten (Amusium) Glenn p. 372 |
| 1906 | Pecten (Amusium) Arnold p. 50 |
| 1909 | Pecten (Amussium) Martin p. 349 |
| 1928 | Pecten (Amussium) Vredenburg p. 430 |
| 1935 | Amusium Oostingh p. 154 |
| 1943 | Amusium Gardner p. 39 |
| 1957 | Pleuronectes Stinton p. 90 |
| 1958 | Pecten (Amusium) DuBar p. 160 |
| 1973 | Amusium Marasti p. 101 |
| 1974 | Amusium Addicott p. 180 |
| 1980 | Amusium Vokes p. 50 |
| 1982 | Amusium Woodring p. 586 |
| 1984 | Amusium Moore p. B66 |
| 1987 | Amusium Gibson p. 77 |
| 1992 | Amussium Lamprell and Whitehead p. 18 |
| 1992 | Amusium del Rio p. 22 |
| 2001 | Amusium Todd |
| 2002 | Amussium Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Amusium Bouchet et al. |
| 2021 | Amusium Smith et al. |
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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. Amusium Röding 1798
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Subg. †Amusium (Pseudamussium) Adams and Adams
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Pecten (Pseudamusium) davidsoni Dall 1897
†Pecten (Pseudamusium) diblasii Di Stefano 1886
Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis Whiteaves 1893
†Pecten (Pseudamusium) vancouverensis sanjuanensis Clark and Arnold 1923
†Amusium aguaclarensis Hodson 1927
†Amusium balloti Bernardi 1861
†Amusium bocasense Olsson 1922
†Amusium darwinianum d'Orbigny 1846
†Amusium filosum Hauer 1857
†Amusium hulshofi Martin 1883
†Amusium lucens Tate 1886
†Amusium mimyum Woodring 1982
†Amusium mortoni Ravenel 1844
†Amusium orientale Dey 1961
†Amusium papyraceum Gabb 1873
†Amusium paris del Rio 1992
Amusium pleuronectes Linnaeus 1758
†Amusium sol Brown and Pilsbry 1913
†Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Invalid names: Amusium luna Brown and Pilsbry 1913 [synonym]
†Amussium alazanum Cooke 1928
†Amussium destefanii Ugolini 1903
†Amussium lompocensis Arnold 1906
†Amussium squamulum Lamarck 1806
†Amussium subcorneum d'Archaic and Haime 1854
†Pecten (Amusium) condoni Hertlein 1925
†Pecten (Amusium) lyonii Gabb 1873
†Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis Mansuy 1914
Invalid names: Pleuronectes Bronn 1832 [synonym], Pleuronectia Swainson 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Asbian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 340.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 336.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 336.0 Ma
Collections (336 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Visean | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Pseudamusium sp. (211905 211912) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (England) | Pseudamusium sp. (5991) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Pseudamusium sp. (211904) | |
| Pendleian | United Kingdom (England) | Pseudamusium sp. (8253) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Pseudamusium sp. (116650) | |
| Ladinian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Pleuronectes laevigatus (66100) | |
| Ladinian | Afghanistan (Hindu kush) | Pleuronectes laevigatus (123743) | |
| Carnian | Germany | Pecten filosus (206009) | |
| Carnian | Austria (Tyrol) | Pecten filosus (202331) | |
| Carnian | Austria | Pecten filosus (206040) | |
| Julian | Italy | Filopecten filosus (61747 61748) | |
| Julian | Italy (Lombardy) | Amussium filosum (85247 85248 85249 85250 85251 85252 85253) | |
| Julian | Slovenia | A. filosum (160963) | |
| Julian - Tuvalian | Italy | Filopecten filosus (61749) | |
| Tuvalian | Austria (Tyrol) | Pecten filosus (203207) | |
| Sevatian | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (97816) | |
| Early/Lower Jurassic | Vietnam (South Viet-Nam) | Parvamussium donaiense (37217) | |
| Jurassic | USA (Alaska) | A. sp. (112406) | |
| Early/Lower Hettangian | France | Amussium securis (39215) | |
| Planorbis | France | Amussium securis (39379) | |