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Mactrinula tryphera

Bivalvia - Venerida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactrinula tryphera was named by Melvill (1899) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Mactra semiplicata, M. plicataria
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2008-02-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Mactrinula tryphera Melvill p. 97 figs. pl. 2, fig. 7
1936Mactrinula tryphera Cox p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
—NeoheterodonteiTaylor et al. 2007
orderVenerida(Gray 1854)
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusMactrinulaGray 1853
speciestrypheraMelvill 1899

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.

Mactrinula tryphera Melvill 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:48:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:48:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Iran Mactrinula tryphera (79068)