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Macoma (Heteromacoma)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Heteromacoma was named by Habe (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Macoma (Heteromacoma) by Coan et al. (2000).

It was assigned to Tellinidae by Addicott (1973); to Macoma by Coan et al. (2000); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Heteromacoma yataiensis, Macoma aomoriensis, Macoma arcata, Macoma arcatata, Macoma arnoldi, Macoma asagaiensis, Macoma brevifrons, Macoma calcaria, Macoma chulgunensis, Macoma cuspidata, Macoma dispar, Macoma erycinoides, Macoma gorenlandica, Macoma gracilis, Macoma groenlandica, Macoma holmesii, Macoma hosfordensis, Macoma hybrida, Macoma inclinata, Macoma indentata, Macoma irma, Macoma izurensis, Macoma izurensis, Macoma kamtschatica, Macoma karaginskiensis, Macoma kirkinskaja, Macoma lipara, Macoma lissonii, Macoma litoralis, Macoma lorenzoensis, Macoma middendorffii, Macoma moesta, Macoma moesta, Macoma nagaoi, Macoma nasuta, Macoma nasuta, Macoma nigeriensis, Macoma nipponica, Macoma nipponica, Macoma optiva, Macoma optiva, Macoma orbicularis, Macoma orientalis, Macoma osacamensis, Macoma panamensis, Macoma parabilella, Macoma perplana, Macoma petalum, Macoma planiuscula, Macoma planiusculus, Macoma plebeia, Macoma poretschiensis, Macoma praeorbiculata, Macoma praetexta, Macoma praetexta, Macoma pseudomera, Macoma ralpha, Macoma ralphi, Macoma rekinnensis, Macoma sachalinensis, Macoma scalaroides, Macoma scarlotoi, Macoma sectior, Macoma sectior, Macoma sejugata, Macoma sejugata, Macoma seminuda, Macoma shiratoriensis, Macoma simiensis, Macoma spambergensis, Macoma subulosa, Macoma tagua, Macoma talahabensis, Macoma telahabensis, Macoma tenta, Macoma tokyoense, Macoma tokyoensis, Macoma tokyoensis, Macoma truncatoides, Macoma uruuayensis, Macoma vancouverensis, Macoma vasiljevskii, Macoma vendryesi, Macoma vialovi, Macoma vicksburgensis, Macoma virginiana, Macoma virginicana, Macoma yoldiiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Heteromacoma Habe
1973Heteromacoma Addicott p. 346
2000Macoma (Heteromacoma) Coan et al. p. 419
2002Heteromacoma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMacomaLeach 1819
subgenusHeteromacoma(Habe 1952)

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.

Subg. Macoma (Heteromacoma) Habe 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:44:14
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:16:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Macoma vancouverensis (38938 38940 38984 38985 38987 38988 38989 38992 38993 39003 39021)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Macoma irus (223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Macoma irus (160361 240650 240651 240653)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Akita) Heteromacoma yataiensis (56380)