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Sanguinolites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Anomalodesmata
Order:
Pholadomyoida
Superfamily:
Pholadomyacea
Family:
Grammysiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Sanguinolites M'COV, 1844, p. 47
Type Species:
S. discors, SD STOLICZKA, 1871
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Fig. F3,1. *S. discors, L.Carb., Ire., RV ext., X1 (M'Coy, 1844)
Synonyms
Cercomyopsis, Sphenotus, ?Eopleurophorus
Geographic Distribution
cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Shell elongate, umbones small, gibbous, incurved and contiguous, placed in anterior 0.2 of shell, anterior convex part of shell with coarse concentric ornamentation, sharply set off from flattened postumbonal area by 1 or more radial carinae, lunule and escutcheon well developed, pallial line entire.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Anomalodesmata
Order:
Pholadomyoida
Superfamily:
Pholadomyacea
Family:
Grammysiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Sanguinolites M'COV, 1844, p. 47
Type Species:
S. discors, SD STOLICZKA, 1871
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. F3,1. *S. discors, L.Carb., Ire., RV ext., X1 (M'Coy, 1844)
Synonyms
Cercomyopsis, Sphenotus, ?Eopleurophorus
Geographic Distribution
cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Shell elongate, umbones small, gibbous, incurved and contiguous, placed in anterior 0.2 of shell, anterior convex part of shell with coarse concentric ornamentation, sharply set off from flattened postumbonal area by 1 or more radial carinae, lunule and escutcheon well developed, pallial line entire.