Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,320 meters (0 to -17,454 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
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:
balloti
- Scientific name: - Amusium balloti
- Specific name:
balloti
- 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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- Commercial fisheries review. [Washington]: National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] url p. 38.
- Coral Reefs of the World. url p. 15.
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 December 10, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5458241
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13726365
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2137806
Footnotes
- Mean = -112.120 meters (-367.848 feet), Standard Deviation = 504.930 based on 255 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
