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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris : Pectunculus carolinensis |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Pectunculus carolinensis | species | belongs to Pectunculus | stated without evidence | Holmes, 1860 |
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Status (PBDB) | extant |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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Environment | coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Glycymerididae) |
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Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Glycymeris) |
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Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Glycymeris) |
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Ontogeny | accretion (based on Glycymerididae) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite,thick,major ribbing (based on Glycymerididae) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. S. Holmes. 1860. Post-Pleiocene Fossils of South Carolina. |
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