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Pectunculus charlestonensis

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	392331	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=392331

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida
superfamily	Arcoidea
family	Glycymerididae	Newton 1922
genus	Glycymeris	Da Costa 1778
species	Pectunculus charlestonensis	Holmes 1860

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pectunculus charlestonensis	species	belongs to Pectunculus	stated without evidence	Holmes, 1860

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

Environment

coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Glycymerididae)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Glycymeris)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Glycymeris)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Glycymerididae)

Taphonomy

aragonite,thick,major ribbing (based on Glycymerididae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. S. Holmes. 1860. Post-Pleiocene Fossils of South Carolina.

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1860	Pectunculus charlestonensis Holmes p. 16 figs. Plate III, Fig. 5

Holmes F. S. Post-Pleiocene Fossils of South Carolina, 1-122

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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