Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pycnodonte percrassa

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea percrassa was named by Conrad (1840).

It was recombined as Pycnodonte percrassa by Ward (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ostrea percrassa Conrad p. 50 figs. Plate XXV, Fig. 1
1904Ostrea percrassa Glenn p. 381
1992Pycnodonte percrassa Ward p. 75

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusPycnodonte(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
speciespercrassa(Conrad 1840)

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.

Pycnodonte percrassa Conrad 1840
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:10:00
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:10:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Langhian or 59.20000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Ostrea percrassa (80170)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Ostrea percrassa (59335 59336 59717 59720)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) Ostrea percrassa (45493) Pycnodonte percrassa (70593)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Pycnodonte percrassa (51724 55517)