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Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus nimbosa was named by Solander (1786) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Macrocallista, Macrocallista (Macrocallista).

It was recombined as Macrocallista nimbosa by Dall (1903); it was recombined as Callista (Callista) nimbosa by Palmer (1926); it was recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa by Olsson and Harbison (1953), Olsson and Harbison (1953) and Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Venus nimbosa Solander p. 175
1903Macrocallista nimbosa Dall p. 1254
1926Callista (Callista) nimbosa Palmer p. 84
1953Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Olsson and Harbison p. 109
1982Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Woodring

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusMacrocallistaMeek 1876
subgenusMacrocallistaMeek 1876
speciesnimbosa(Solander 1786)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:36:59
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:36:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Macrocallista nimbosa (41749)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Macrocallista nimbosa (41501 61309 79331 79786 79787 79788 79789 80002 80025)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Macrocallista nimbosa (60944)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Macrocallista nimbosa (80053)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Macrocallista nimbosa (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Macrocallista nimbosa (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Macrocallista nimbosa (41740 61311 80001)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Macrocallista nimbosa (66742 66750 69045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Macrocallista nimbosa (60928 60930 66760)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Macrocallista nimbosa (41935 92776)