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Taxonomy
Scapharca melloi was named by Maury (1924). Its type locality is Rio Pirabas (Maury coll.), which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone/limestone in the Pirabas Formation of Brazil.
It was recombined as Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi by Tavora et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi by Tavora et al. (2004).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Anadara chavezi, Anadara eumeces, Anadara filicata, Anadara guajiraensis, Anadara megerata, Anadara bonneti, Anadara castellata, Anadara egleri, Anadara guajirensis, Anadara ommaensis, Anadara placata, Anadara sanctidavidis, Anadara setoensis, Anadara subcrenata, Anadara suzukii, Anadara veatchi, Arca aequitorialis, Arca pilula, Arca thalia, Arca buenavistana, Arca charanensis, Arca golfoyaquensis, Arca grandis, Arca inequilateralis, Arca singewaldi, Arca subcrenata, Arca zapotalensis, Cunearca megerata, S. agraria, S. agronomica, S. castellata, S. chiriquiensi, S. chordicosta, S. ferruginea, S. gendingensis, S. grandis, S. japonica, S. junghuhni, S. kakehataensis, S. losguemadica, S. natalensis, S. paraensis, S. pertenuicostata, S. praenatalensis, S. quayubinica, S. recondita, S. staminata, S. suzukii, S. textilicostata, S. campechiensis, S. incongrus, S. paraensis, S. gedinganensis, S. nannodes, S. suessi, S. textilicostata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1924 | Scapharca melloi Maury p. 237 fig. 18:12 |
| 2004 | Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi Tavora et al. p. 117 |
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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.
†Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi Maury 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Serravallian or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | Scapharca melloi (type locality: 60979 60980 60984 65162 112582 112590) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Brazil (Para) | Scapharca melloi (58454) |