Phylogeny of families in the Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia): importance of the fossil record
Author
Waller, Thomas R.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2006
2006-11-30
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3
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10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00258.x
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FILAMUSSIUM
,
GEN. NOV.
(
FIG. 7A–C
)
Type
species:
Pecten
schafhäutli
Winkler, 1859 (=
Pecten
velatus
Schafhäutl, 1852; non
Pecten
velatus
Goldfuss, 1833), Upper Triassic, Kothalpe am Breitenstein,
Germany
. Spelling automatically emended to
Pecten schafhaeutli
.
Diagnosis:
Propeamussiidae
with right valve less convex than left or nearly flat, exterior of right valve smooth, that of left valve with intercalated radial costae of more than one order and finer, closely spaced commarginal lirae. Outer calcitic columnar prismatic layer of right valve consisting of small, polygonal prisms randomly arranged, not commarginally ordered or alternating in size, directly overlying an inner crossed-lamellar aragonitic layer in central region of disk; outer layer of left valve nonprismatic calcite, inner layer crossed-lamellar aragonite. Internal ribs present on both valves, widely and regularly spaced with distal termini well separated from ventral margin of disk; filosus structure present on inner surface of outer calcitic layer of left valve. Dentition of right valve with well-developed resilial teeth, fitting into well-developed resilial sockets on left valve.
Comparison:
Filamussium
differs from members of the
Entolioididae
in having internal ribs. The new genus differs from other genera of
Propeamussiidae
in having
a filosus
structure on its left valve and in having internal ribs that were probably originally aragonitic rather than calcitic.
Included species:
In addition to the
type
species, the new genus includes
Pecten
(
Variamussium
)
klushaensis
Lees, 1934
and
P
. (
V.) yukonensis
Lees, 1934
both from the Upper Triassic (upper Norian Suessi Zone; Tozer, 1967: 80) of the Laberge area,
Yukon
.
Occurrence:
See preceding discussion of clade 4 –
Propeamussiidae
.