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Mactra (Mactra)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus p. 1125
1767Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus p. 1125
1935Mactra (Mactra) Oostingh p. 196
1969Mactra (Mactra) da Silva Forti p. 90

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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
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusMactraLinnaeus 1767
subgenusMactraLinnaeus 1767

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.

Subg. Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus 1767
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:11:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:11:34
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Mactra protoreevesii (72084 76573 76574 78641)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Mactra glauca (84764 84796)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Mactra glauca (86804)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Belgium Mactra glauca (86807)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan Mactra sulcataria (97028)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.0117Iran Mactra chatina (164152)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Mactra glauca (98201 227871)