Inoceramidae
Appearance
Inoceramidae Temporal range:
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Inoceramus from the Cretaceous of South Dakota | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Superfamily: | †Ambonychioidea |
Family: | †Inoceramidae Giebel, 1852 |
The Inoceramidae are an extinct
neritic environments.[1] Many species of inoceramid are found all over the world, demonstrating the wide distribution of their preferred ecosystems, and possibly long-lived planktotrophic larvae.[2] Despite their wide distribution, the pace of evolution of inoceramids was great, with species ranges commonly averaging 0.2-0.5 Ma.[2]
Size
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Inoceramus_steenstrup%2C_world%27s_largest_fossil_mollusk.jpg/220px-Inoceramus_steenstrup%2C_world%27s_largest_fossil_mollusk.jpg)
Various species of inoceramids have achieved shell sizes ranging from small to large. Members of the Inoceramus and Cladoceramus genera have shells of more than 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in length.[2] In 1952, the huge specimen of Inoceramus steenstrupi 1.87 metres (6 ft 2 in) long, was found in Qilakitsoq, the Nuussuaq Peninsula, Greenland. This fossil is 83 Ma old, the Upper Santonian or Lower Campanian stage.[3]
Taxonomy
Inoceramidae Giebel, 1852
- Genus Actinoceramus Meek, 1864 (Synonym = Birostrina De Luc & Sowerby, 1821)
- Genus Anopaea Eichwald, 1861
- Genus Arctomytiloides Polubotko, 1992
- Genus Cataceramus Cox, 1969
- Genus Cladoceramus Seitz, 1961
- Genus Cremnoceramus Heinz, 1932
- Genus Endocostea Whitfield, 1877
- Genus Inoceramus Sowerby, 1814
- Subgenus Inoceramus (Cordiceramus) (Heinz, 1932)
- Subgenus Inoceramus (Inoceramus) Sowerby, 1814
- Subgenus Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) (Böhm, 1915)
- Genus Magadiceramus Heinz, 1932
- Genus Mytiloides Brongniart, 1822
- Genus Neocomiceramus Pokhialainen, 1972
- Genus Neoinoceramus Ihering, 1902
- Genus Parainoceramus Voronetz, 1936
- Genus Platyceramus Heinz, 1932
- Genus Pseudomytiloides Koschelkina, 1963
- Genus Retroceramus Koschelkina, 1958
- Genus Spyridoceramus Cox, 1969
- Genus Tethyoceramus Sornay, 1980
- Genus Trochoceramus Heinz, 1932
- Genus Volviceramus Stoliczka, 1871
Footnotes
- ^ "Paleoecologic Context", Pasch and May (2001); pages 224–225.
- ^ a b c Lower Turonian Euramerican Inoceramidae: A morphologic, taxonomic, and biostratigraphic overview. A report from the first Workshop on Early Turonian Inoceramids (Oct. 5-8, 1992) in Hamburg, Germany; organized by Heinz Hilbrecht and Peter J. Harries
- ^ "Verdens største musling". Archived from the original on 18 August 2022.