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Spondylus gumanomocon

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

Taxonomy
Spondylus gumanomocon was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1913) [TYPE LOCALITY: Mao Fm, Samba Hills, Guayubin, Dominican Republic. TYPE REPOSITORY: ANSP, Philadelphia. HISTORY: Lectotype designated by Pilsbry 1922 [Vokes and Vokes 1992].]. Its type specimen is ANSP 2869, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
  • Spondylus carmenensis was named by Hodson (1927) [TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela. TYPE REPOSITORY: PRI, New York. HISTORY: Synonym of S. gumanomocon Brown and Pilsbry 1913 [Vokes and Vokes 1992].].

    It was synonymized subjectively with Spondylus gumanomocon by Vokes and Vokes (1992).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Spondylus gumanomocon Brown and Pilsbry p. 514
1917Spondylus gumanomocon Maury p. 191
1920Spondylus gumanomocon Hubbard p. 97
1920Spondylus gumanomocon Maury p. 23
1921Spondylus gumanomocon Vaughn et al. p. 153
1922Spondylus gumanomocon Olsson p. 207
1922Spondylus gumanomocon Pilsbry p. 413
1927Spondylus carmenensis Hodson p. 41 figs. pl. 25, figs. 1-3
1929Spondylus gumanomocon Anderson p. 158
1992Spondylus gumanomocon Vokes and Vokes p. 11

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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
speciesgumanomoconBrown and Pilsbry 1913

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 gumanomocon Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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Invalid names: Spondylus carmenensis Hodson 1927 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Spondylus carmenensis (61169 61175)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti Spondylus gumanomocon (60107)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Spondylus carmenensis (61219)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Spondylus gumanomocon (88296)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Spondylus gumanomocon (93996)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Spondylus gumanomocon (58821)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Spondylus gumanomocon (93733)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Spondylus gumanomocon (134667)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Spondylus gumanomocon (134676)