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Nuttallia nuttallii (purple clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Taxonomy
Sanguinolaria nuttallii was named by Conrad (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nuttallia nuttallii by Roth and Guruswami-Naidu (1978), Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003), Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Sanguinolaria nuttallii Conrad p. 230
1957Sanguinolaria nuttalli Valentine
1966Sanguinolaria nuttallii Stanton, Jr. p. 31 figs. Pl. 6, figs. 3, 4
1978Nuttallia nuttallii Roth and Guruswami-Naidu
2000Nuttallia nuttallii Coan et al. p. 429
2003Nuttallia nuttallii Moore figs. pl. 10, fig. 6
2021Nuttallia nuttallii Hendy

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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)
familyPsammobiidaeFleming 1828
genusNuttalliaDall 1900
speciesnuttallii(Conrad 1837)

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.

Nuttallia nuttallii Conrad 1837 [purple clam]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:32:59
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:32:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Sanguinolaria nuttalli (216867)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Sanguinolaria nuttalli (194895)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Sanguinolaria nuttalli (216433)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Sanguinolaria nuttallii (238421)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Sanguinolaria nuttalli (96592)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Sanguinolaria nuttallii (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Nuttallia nuttallii (96936) Sanguinolaria nuttalli (219030 222660 222661) Sanguinolaria nuttallii (96895 240615)