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Amusium
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Pectinidae (scallop family)
Subfamily:
Amusium group
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Amusium RÖDING, 1798
Type Species:
Ostrea pleuronectes Linné, 1758, SD HERRMANNSEN, 1846
Images
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Fig. C73,1. * A. pleuroneetes (LINNE), Rec., IndoPac.; la, RV ext., XI; Ib,RVint., Xl (7e).
Synonyms
Anusium; Pleuronectia; Pleuronectia; Pleuronopeeten; Amussium
Geographic Distribution
tropic-subtropi
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Mio.
Beginning International Stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
23.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Fairly large, thin, valves slightly convex and gaping along margins below auricles; trace of byssal notch present; internal lirae commonly in pairs; hinge with pair of short ridges diverging from shallow ligamental pit and extending toward margins; auricular crura present (256a-e).
References
Röding, P. F., 1798, Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten, M.D.p.d., Pars Secunda: viii +119 p., Typis Johan Christi Trapii (Hamburg).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Pectinidae (scallop family)
Subfamily:
Amusium group
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Amusium RÖDING, 1798
Type Species:
Ostrea pleuronectes Linné, 1758, SD HERRMANNSEN, 1846
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C73,1. * A. pleuroneetes (LINNE), Rec., IndoPac.; la, RV ext., XI; Ib,RVint., Xl (7e).
Synonyms
Anusium; Pleuronectia; Pleuronectia; Pleuronopeeten; Amussium
Geographic Distribution
tropic-subtropi
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Mio.
Beginning International Stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
23.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Fairly large, thin, valves slightly convex and gaping along margins below auricles; trace of byssal notch present; internal lirae commonly in pairs; hinge with pair of short ridges diverging from shallow ligamental pit and extending toward margins; auricular crura present (256a-e).
References
Röding, P. F., 1798, Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten, M.D.p.d., Pars Secunda: viii +119 p., Typis Johan Christi Trapii (Hamburg).