THE OCCURRENCE OF ANOPAEA (BIVALVIA : INOCERAMIDAE) IN THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA |
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Authors: | CRAME J. A. |
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Affiliation: | British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OET |
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Abstract: | The genus Anopaea represents a small but distinctive group ofinoceramid bivalves that apparently remained functionally endobyssate.The somewhat unusual morphology (for an inoceramid) probablyresults from structural modifications tofacilitate sedimentpenetration at a high angle and anchorage by an antero-ventralbyssus. Although never as common as thecontemporary genera Retroceramusand Inoceramus, Anopaea is now known from temperate bivalveassemblages in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Itpersisted from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) to the Early Cretaceous(Neocomian), and possibly even later. (Received 26 June 1980; |
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