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Mulinia congesta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra congesta was named by Conrad (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Early Pliocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain, Florida.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Mulinia congesta by Olsson and Petit (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Mactra congesta Conrad p. 340
1964Mulinia congesta Olsson and Petit p. 533

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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
genusMuliniaGray 1837
speciescongesta(Conrad 1833)

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.

†Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833
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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 14:11:59
Modified: 2009-09-09 21:11:59
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Mulinia congesta (79751 79752 79754)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Mulinia congesta (79962)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Mulinia congesta (60940)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Mulinia congesta (59329 59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Mulinia congesta (79248 79249 151326)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Georgia) Mulinia congesta (164698)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Mulinia congesta (75009 75012 75013 75014 75019)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mulinia congesta (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Mulinia congesta (59307 59308 59309 59310 59331 68979 69018 79341 79342 79343)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Mulinia congesta (59484 59487 59488 59490 80029 80037 80039 176823)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Mulinia congesta (78267 78269 78270 79247 79709)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Mulinia congesta (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Mulinia congesta (59317)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Mulinia congesta (80083)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mulinia congesta (80030)