Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Innaeus
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -64 meters (-209 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
()
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
()
- Family:
Propeamussiidae
()
- Genus:
Amusium
()
- Röding, 1798
- Specific name:
pleuronectes
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
pleuronectes
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Amusium
(
- Family:
Propeamussiidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Amusium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. papyraceum (Paper Scallop) · A. pleuronectes (Innaeus)
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 206, p. 206, p. 207, p. 207, p. 438, p. 438.
- Catalogue of the marine mollusks of Japan, with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns, by Henry A. Pilsbry. .. Detroit, Frederick Stearns, 1895. url p. 145, p. 145.
- Cretaceous fauna of southern India / by [Henry F. Blandford and] Ferd. Stoliczka. Calcutta: Geological Survey Office, 1865-73. url p. 426.
- Handbook of systematic malacology / by Johannes Thiele; scientific editors of translation, Rüdiger Bieler and Paula M. Mikkelsen; translator, J.S. Bhatti. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries: National Science Foundation, 1992- url p. 1231.
- Journal of entomology and zoology. Claremont, Calif., U.S.A.: Pomona College Dept. of Zoology, [1913- url p. 40, p. 40.
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1 1931 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url p. 231, p. 95.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 824.
- Revision of the deep-water mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. by Addison E. Verrill and Katharine J. Bush. Washington: G.P.O., 1898. url p. 826.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 629, p. 630.
- Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. New Haven: Published by the Academy, 1866- url p. 55, p. 55, p. 57, p. 57, p. 92.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5964989
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14882388
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 634646
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 318.890 based on 356 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
