Propeamussium

Propeamussium Temporal range:
Fossil shells of Propeamussium eocenicum from Syria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Superfamily:	Pectinoidea
Family:	Propeamussiidae
Genus:	Propeamussium de Gregorio, 1884
Synonyms
Amusium (Propeamusium) de Gregorio, 1884 Bathyamussium Habe, 1951 Ctenamusium (Micramussium) Oyama, 1951 Luteamussium Oyama, 1951 Micramussium Oyama 1951 Occultamussium Korobkov, 1937 Paramusium Verrill 1897 Parvamussium (Flavamussium) Habe, 1951 Pecten (Propeamussium) de Gregorio, 1884 (original rank) Propeamussium (Pseudopalliorum) Oyama, 1944

Propeamussium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Ostreoida.

Living representatives of the genus enjoy a global distribution. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists 50 accepted species.

Fossil species of these epifaunal carnivores lived from the Triassic period to the Pliocene age (235.0 to 3.6 Ma). The majority of fossils of this genus are found throughout Europe and North America.

Distribution of the genus Propeamussium

Selected species

• Propeamussium alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1894)
• Propeamussium andamanense (Bavay, 1905)
• Propeamussium andamanicum (E. A. Smith, 1894)
• Propeamussium arabicum Dijkstra & R. Janssen, 2013
• Propeamussium boucheti Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008
• Propeamussium caducum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• † Propeamussium cowperi Waring, 1917
• Propeamussium dalli (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium investigatoris (E. A. Smith, 1906)
• Propeamussium jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys in Wyville-Thomson, 1873))-
• Propeamussium malpelonium (Dall, 1908)
• Propeamussium meridionale (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium octodecimliratum Melvill & Standen, 1907
• † Propeamussium papakurense (E. Clarke, 1905)
• Propeamussium regillum Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2017
• Propeamussium richeri Dijkstra, 2001
• Propeamussium rosadoi Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2015
• Propeamussium rubrotinctum (Oyama, 1951)
• Propeamussium sibogai (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904)
• Propeamussium siratama (Oyama in Kuroda, 1951)
• Propeamussium steindachneri (Sturany, 1899)
• Propeamussium watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• † Propeamussium yubarense (Yabe & Nagao, 1928)
• † Propeamussium zitteli (Hutton, 1873)
• Propeamussium zoniferum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)

Synonyms

• Propeamussium holmesii (Dall, 1886): synonym of Parvamussium holmesii (Dall, 1886)
• Propeamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886): synonym of Parvamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886)
• Propeamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886): synonym of Parvamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886)
• Propeamussium squamigerum (E. A. Smith, 1885): synonym of Parvamussium squamigerum (E. A. Smith, 1885)

References

• Frederick A. Sundberg - Propeamussium Species (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern California - Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 53–63
• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

External links

• Oyama K. (1944). [Classification of the genus Propeamussium] [in Japanese]. Venus. 13(5-8): 240-254
• de Gregorio, A. (1884). Nota intorno ad alcune nuove conchiglie mioceniche di Sicilia. Il Naturalista Siciliano. 3 (4): 119-120
• Dijkstra, H. H. (1995). Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 9-73
• Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica. 10: 1-108