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Macoma optiva

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
M. albaria, M. astori, M. brota, M. constricta (syn. Psammobia cayenensis, Tellina lateralis), M. costaricana, M. danai, M. edentula, M. elongata, M. fusca, M. inornata (syn. Tellina tubulensis), M. kirkinskayae, M. lenis, M. limula, M. lissoni, M. marylandica, M. meroensis, M. montesanoensis, M. nasuta (syn. M. jacalitosana, M. kelseyi), M. osakaensis, M. pabloensis, M. quadrana, M. simizuensis, M. snohomishensis, M. sookensis, M. tenta, M. tenuiplicata, M. tigilensis, M. uruguayensis, M. viticola, M. wilcoxi, M. wynootcheensis, M. yamadai
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. lissonii, M. middendorffii, M. nasuta, M. nipponica, M. parabilella, M. planiuscula, M. pseudomera, M. scarlotoi, M. sejugata, M. simiensis, M. tokyoense, M. tokyoensis, M. yoldiiformis, M. nipponica, M. holmesii, M. sectior

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMacomaLeach 1819
speciesoptiva

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 27.30000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Russian Federation Macoma optiva (49974)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Japan Macoma optiva (70615)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan Macoma optiva (70356 70422 70423)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Macoma optiva (37670)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan Macoma optiva (52316 52318 52320)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Russian Federation Macoma optiva (50179)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan Macoma optiva (203413)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) Macoma optiva (77920)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan Macoma optiva (44959 44960)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Macoma optiva (49979 50037 50038)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Macoma optiva (45446 70562)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Japan Macoma optiva (44962)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Macoma optiva (37407 37409 37411 37412 37413 37414 37415 37417)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation Macoma optiva (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Macoma optiva (70444 70473 70476 70477)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan Macoma optiva (52119 52121 52122 52225 52236 52239)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Macoma optiva (70520)