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Inoceramus ovatus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8906931https://www.gbif.org/species/8906931
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)398646https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=398646
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : Inoceramus ovatus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : Inoceramus ovatus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyInoceramidaeGiebel 1852
genusInoceramusSowerby 1814
speciesInoceramus ovatusStanton
Generic NameInoceramus
Scientific NameInoceramus ovatus Stanton
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Inoceramus ovatusspeciesbelongs to Inoceramusstated with evidenceStanton, 1895
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Inoceramus)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Inoceramus)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Inoceramidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. W. Stanton. 1895. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133:1-132

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1895Inoceramus ovatus Stanton p. 47 figs. PI. IV, fig. 15

References

Stanton T. W. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133, 1-132 doi:10.3133/b133
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