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Mactromeris hemphillii (Hemphill's dish clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra hemphillii was named by Dall (1894). It is extant.

It was recombined as Spisula hemphillii by Packard (1916); it was recombined as Spisula (Hemimactra) hemphilli by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Mactra (Spisula) hemphilli by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Spisula hemphilli by Loel and Corey (1932), Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Valentine (1965); it was corrected as Mactra hemphilli by Delong (1941); it was recombined as Spisula hemphili by Valentine (1957); it was recombined as Spisula (Mactromeris) hemphillii by Hertlein and Grant (1972); it was recombined as Mactromeris hemphilli by Powell et al. (2005); it was recombined as Mactromeris hemphillii by Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003), Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Mactra hemphillii Dall p. 137
1916Spisula hemphillii Packard p. 287 figs. Plates 21 and 22
1921Spisula cameronis Dall p. 22
1921Spisula (Hemimactra) hemphilli Dall p. 52
1931Mactra (Spisula) hemphilli Grant, IV and Gale p. 398
1932Spisula hemphilli Loel and Corey p. 232 figs. Plate 45, figure 3
1941Mactra hemphilli Delong
1950Spisula hemphilli Woodring and Bramlette
1957Spisula hemphili Valentine
1965Spisula hemphilli Valentine
1972Spisula (Mactromeris) hemphillii Hertlein and Grant p. 315 figs. Plate 54, Figures 1-4, 9, Plate 57, Figure 16
2000Mactromeris hemphillii Coan et al. p. 454
2003Mactromeris hemphillii Moore figs. Plate 11, figures 4, 6
2005Mactromeris hemphilli Powell II et al.
2021Mactromeris hemphillii Hendy

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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
genusMactromerisConrad 1868
specieshemphillii(Dall 1894)

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.

Mactromeris hemphillii Dall 1894 [Hemphill's dish clam]
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Invalid names: Spisula cameronis Dall 1921 [synonym]
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Spisula hemphilli (237913)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Spisula hemphilli (194895 195029 195031)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Spisula hemphilli (39335 39355)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Spisula hemphilli (97404)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Spisula hemphilli (154115)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Mactromeris hemphilli (214259 214270)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Mactra hemphilli (200403) Madra hemphilli (200398) Spisula hemphilli (238435 238580)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Spisula hemphillii (122752)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Mactromeris hemphilli (214278 214279 214280) Spisula hemphilli (189561 189760 189763 207646 207656 207657 207665 207667 207668 207671 207672 207692 207693 207700 207727 207762)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Spisula hemphilli (237610)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Spisula hemphili (96592)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mactra hemphilli (59063 96895 222660 240612 240621) Mactromeris hemphilli (96938) Spisula hemphilli (96566 160361 219030)