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Willimactra (Willimactra) putida

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Willimactra (Willimactra) putida was named by Saul (1973). Its type specimen is UCLA 47379, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4249, Young Ranch, which is in a Turonian marine sandstone in the Hornbrook Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Willimactra (Willimactra) putida Saul pp. 18-19 figs. pl. 1, figs. 13-14

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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
genusWillimactra
subgenusWillimactra
speciesputida

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.

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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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Willimactra putida (222118 type locality: 239775)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Willimactra putida (62347 86785 86788 86791 215285 215618 215755 220297 220298 222092 222093 222094 222098)