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Mactromya rugosa

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae

Taxonomy
Mya rugosa was named by Roemer (1836).

It was recombined as Lucina rugosa by Loriol (1872); it was recombined as Mactromya rugosa by Agassiz (1845), Weir (1929).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Mya rugosa Roemer
1845Mactromya rugosa Agassiz
1872Lucina rugosa Loriol
1929Mactromya rugosa Weir p. 34 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 16-18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyMactromyidaeCox 1929
genusMactromyaAgassiz 1843
speciesrugosa(Roemer 1836)

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.

†Mactromya rugosa Roemer 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: chemosymbioticsuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:48:27
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:06:59
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 168.20000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Bajocian168.2 - 168.2Kenya Mactromya rugosa (161808)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Mactromya sp. (101718)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Eritrea Mactromya rugosa (94569)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Kenya Mactromya rugosa (161807)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Somalia Mactromya rugosa (161487)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Lucina rugosa (67942)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Ethiopia Lucina rugosa (94584)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Lucina rugosa (7410)