Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca (Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda) from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 5:127-155
Belongs to Inoceramus according to R. A. Reyment 1955
Sister taxa: Epiceramus, Inoceramus (Cordiceramus), Inoceramus (Endocostea), Inoceramus (Heroceramus), Inoceramus (Inoceramus), Inoceramus (Mytiloceramus), Inoceramus (Platyceramus), Inoceramus (Volviceramus), Inoceramus acutus, Inoceramus aduncus, Inoceramus aequicostatus, Inoceramus albertensis, Inoceramus altifluminis, Inoceramus amakusensis, Inoceramus americanus, Inoceramus andinus, Inoceramus anilis, Inoceramus anomalus, Inoceramus anomiaeformis, Inoceramus apicalis, Inoceramus arvanus, Inoceramus baumanni, Inoceramus brownei, Inoceramus camerunensis, Inoceramus carsoni, Inoceramus chicoensis, Inoceramus colonicus, Inoceramus congoensis, Inoceramus conradi, Inoceramus contracostae, Inoceramus convexus, Inoceramus corpulentus, Inoceramus costatus, Inoceramus costellatus, Inoceramus coulthardi, Inoceramus digitatus, Inoceramus dimidius, Inoceramus dominguesi, Inoceramus dowlingi, Inoceramus duplicostatus, Inoceramus elburzensis, Inoceramus elliotti, Inoceramus eolobatus, Inoceramus everesti, Inoceramus expansus, Inoceramus ezoensis, Inoceramus fibrosus, Inoceramus formosulus, Inoceramus fragilis, Inoceramus frechi, Inoceramus galoi, Inoceramus gervillioides, Inoceramus gibbosus, Inoceramus ginterensis, Inoceramus glacierensis, Inoceramus gradilis, Inoceramus hamadae, Inoceramus hobetsensis, Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis, Inoceramus howelli, Inoceramus incelebratus, Inoceramus inconditus, Inoceramus irenensis, Inoceramus jacksonensis, Inoceramus klamathensis, Inoceramus kuskokwimensis, Inoceramus kystatymensis, Inoceramus lamarcki, Inoceramus lateris, Inoceramus longealatus, Inoceramus meekianus, Inoceramus mendocinoensis, Inoceramus mesabiensis, Inoceramus morii, Inoceramus multiformis, Inoceramus mungoensis, Inoceramus mytiliformis, Inoceramus niger, Inoceramus nigrata, Inoceramus nipponicus, Inoceramus obliquus, Inoceramus ovatoides, Inoceramus ovatus, Inoceramus pacificus, Inoceramus pembertoni, Inoceramus pennatulus, Inoceramus perplexus, Inoceramus pontoni, Inoceramus porrectus, Inoceramus prefragilis, Inoceramus problematicus, Inoceramus pseudolucifer, Inoceramus quenstedti, Inoceramus rectangulus, Inoceramus robertsoni, Inoceramus rutherfordi, Inoceramus salisburgensis, Inoceramus saskatchewanensis, Inoceramus schmidti, Inoceramus scotti, Inoceramus selwyni, Inoceramus shikotanensis, Inoceramus simplex, Inoceramus simpsoni, Inoceramus sokolovi, Inoceramus stantoni, Inoceramus steinmanni, Inoceramus subdepressus, Inoceramus sublaevis, Inoceramus subundatus, Inoceramus tenuirostratus, Inoceramus teshioensis, Inoceramus turgidus, Inoceramus udylensis, Inoceramus undabundus, Inoceramus ussuriensis, Inoceramus vallejoensis, Inoceramus vancouverensis, Inoceramus virgatus, Inoceramus whitneyi, Inoceramus yabei, Rhachidoceramus, Rhachidoceramus (Oncoceramus)
Type specimen: BMNH L.82963, a shell. Its type locality is Auchi, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in Nigeria.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Nigeria (1 collection)
• Jurassic of India (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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