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Posidoniella
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Ambonychiacea
Family:
Myalinidae
Subfamily:
Marine types
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Posidoniella DEKoNINCK, 1885
Type Species:
lnoceramus vetustus SOWERBY, 1829; 00
Images
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Fig. C29,5. *P. vetusta (SOWERBY), L. Carb., Eng.; LV ext., X1 (Ramsbottom, 1959)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Carb.(Vise.-Namur.), Eu.; Penn.(Pottsville), USA
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carb.(Vise.)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Penn.
Ending International Stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
298.89
Description
Ventricose shells of inoceramid aspect without radial ornamentation, anterior auricle, or umbonal deck; prismatic layer thin.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Ambonychiacea
Family:
Myalinidae
Subfamily:
Marine types
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Posidoniella DEKoNINCK, 1885
Type Species:
lnoceramus vetustus SOWERBY, 1829; 00
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C29,5. *P. vetusta (SOWERBY), L. Carb., Eng.; LV ext., X1 (Ramsbottom, 1959)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Carb.(Vise.-Namur.), Eu.; Penn.(Pottsville), USA
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carb.(Vise.)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Penn.
Ending International Stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
298.89
Description
Ventricose shells of inoceramid aspect without radial ornamentation, anterior auricle, or umbonal deck; prismatic layer thin.