| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Volviceramus : Volviceramus involutus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Volviceramus : Volviceramus involutus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Volviceramus |
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| Scientific Name | Volviceramus involutus (J.de C.Sowerby, 1828) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Volviceramus involutus | species | belongs to Inoceramus | stated with evidence | Sowerby, 1828 | | Volviceramus involutus | species | belongs to Volviceramus | stated with evidence | Cobban, 1983 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia) |
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| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Inoceramidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. A. Cobban. 1983. Molluscan fossil record from the northeastern part of the Upper Cretaceous seaway, Western Interior. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1253:1-25 |
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| Cobban W. A. (1983) Molluscan fossil record from the northeastern part of the Upper Cretaceous seaway, Western Interior, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1253, 1-25 |
| Walaszczyk, I.; Plint, A. G.; Landman, N. H. (2017) Chapter 2: Inoceramid Bivalves from the Coniacian and Basal Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Western Canada Foreland Basin: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 414: 53-103 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Walaszczyk, I.; Plint, A. G.; Landman, N. H. (2017). Chapter 2: Inoceramid Bivalves from the Coniacian and Basal Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Western Canada Foreland Basin. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 414: 53-103. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Volviceramus involutus ✝
