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Taxonomy
Meretrix persica was named by Cox (1936) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene; Iran.]. Its type specimen is K9/908, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Meretrix persica Cox p. 58 figs. pl. 7, figs. 9a, b |
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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.
†Meretrix persica Cox 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | India | Meretrix persica (72084 78641) | |
| Middle Miocene | India | Meretrix persica (78614) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Iran | Meretrix persica (79065) |