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Macrophragma

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) was named by Carpenter (1857). It is extant.

It was reranked as Macrophragma by Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Petaloconchus by Carpenter (1857), Ladd (1972); and to Vermetidae by Todd (2001).

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by A. Hendy on 2008-01-27; modified by A. Hendy on 2025-06-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) Carpenter p. 308
1972Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) Ladd p. 20
2001Macrophragma Todd

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyVermetoideaRafinesque 1815
familyVermetidaeRafinesque 1815
genusMacrophragma(Carpenter 1857)

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.

G. Macrophragma Carpenter 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:50:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:04:10
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Maranhao) Petaloconchus subvarians (112596)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands Petaloconchus lamellosus (77976) Petaloconchus merkana (43339 77991) Petaloconchus merkana, Petaloconchus lamellosus (77975)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Palau Petaloconchus merkana (77930)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Marshall Islands Petaloconchus lamellosus (43338)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Marshall Islands Petaloconchus merkana (43336)