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Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	71656	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71656

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Delectopecten : Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum

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
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida
suborder	Pectinidina
superfamily	Pectinoidea	Rafinesque 1815
-	Pectinoidae	Rafinesque 1815
family	Pectinidae	Wilkes 1810
subfamily	Camptonectinae	Habe 1977
genus	Delectopecten	Stewart 1930
species	Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum	Jung 1971

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum	species	belongs to Palliolum (Delectopecten)	stated with evidence	Jung, 1971

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Pectinida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Delectopecten)

Vision

limited (based on Pectinidae)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Delectopecten)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Pectinidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. Jung. 1971. Fossil mollusks from Carriacou, West Indies. Bulletins of American Paleontology 61(269):1-262

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1971	Palliolum (Delectopecten) antillarum Jung p. 166 figs. Pl. 3, figs. 3,4

Jung P. (1971) Fossil mollusks from Carriacou, West Indies, Bulletins of American Paleontology 61 269, 1-262

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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