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Spondylus fimbriatus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9444023https://www.gbif.org/species/9444023
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)353353https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=353353
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus fimbriatus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus fimbriatus
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
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida
suborderPectinidina
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
-PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familySpondylidaeGray 1826
genusSpondylusLinnaeus 1758
speciesSpondylus fimbriatusGoldfuss 1835
Generic NameSpondylus
Scientific NameSpondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss, 1835
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Spondylus fimbriatusspeciesbelongs to Spondylusstated with evidenceGoldfuss, 1835
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentmarine (based on Pectinida)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Spondylus)
Visionlimited (based on Spondylidae)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Spondylus)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Spondylus)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N. Malchus, V. Dhondt, and K.-A. Tröger. 1994. Upper Cretaceous bivalves from the Glauconie de Lonzee near Gembloux (SE Belgium). Sciences de la Terre 64:109-149

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Spondylus dutempleanus Orbigny, 1847GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus dutempleanus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1835Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss
1847Spondylus dutempleanus Orbigny

References

Malchus N., Dhondt V., et al (1994) Upper Cretaceous bivalves from the Glauconie de Lonzee near Gembloux (SE Belgium), Sciences de la Terre 64, 109-149
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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