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Spondylus bostrychites

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

Taxonomy
Spondylus bostrychites was named by Guppy (1867) [TYPE LOCALITY: TU 1219, Gurabo Formation, Rio Amina, Dominican Republic. TYPE REPOSITORY: BMNH]. Its type specimen is BMNH LL 9946 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonyms
  • Spondylus bifrons was named by Sowerby (1850). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was replaced with Spondylus bostrychites by Guppy (1867).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Spondylus bifrons Sowerby
1867Spondylus bostrychites Guppy p. 176
1917Spondylus bostrychites Maury p. 190
1921Spondylus bostrychites Vaughn et al. pp. 129, 145
1925Spondylus bostrychites Woodring pp. 76-77
1926Spondylus bostrychites Hanna p. 477
1929Spondylus bostrychites Anderson p. 158
1938Spondylus bostrychites Palmer
1956Spondylus bostrychites Ramirez p. 13
1961Spondylus bostrychites Pflug p. 77
1987Spondylus bostrychites Moore p. 8
1992Spondylus bostrychites Vokes and Vokes p. 8

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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)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familySpondylidaeGray 1826
genusSpondylusLinnaeus 1758
speciesbostrychitesGuppy 1867

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.

†Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867
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Invalid names: Spondylus bifrons Sowerby 1850 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:12:06
Modified: 2009-08-17 21:49:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Spondylus bostrychites (65162 112590)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Anguilla Spondylus bostrychites (179134)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Spondylus bostrychites (58454)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Spondylus bostrychites (111204)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Spondylus bostrychites (93686)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Spondylus bostrychites (88296)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Spondylus bostrychites (84952 84986 90619 93601 93606 93652 93654 93689 93709 93712 93716 93797 94000 131645 131655 131656 131657 131659 131661 131662 131663 131664)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Spondylus bostrychites (85000)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Spondylus bostrychites (96539)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Spondylus bostrychites (58815 58819 58823 84977)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Spondylus bostrychites (35026)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Spondylus bostrychites (90620 93714 93733 93737 93997 93998 94090 94102 131639)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Spondylus bostrychites (93655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Spondylus bostrychites (146873)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) Spondylus bostrychites (136994 157969)