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Mulinia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Mulinia Gray p. 375
1916Mulinia Packard p. 304
1923Mulinia Clark and Arnold p. 153
1929Mactra (Mulinia) Anderson p. 175
1982Mulinia Woodring p. 650
1987Mulinia Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1991Mulinia Gordillo p. 129
2002Mulinia 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
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
genusMuliniaGray 1837

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.

G. Mulinia Gray 1837
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†Mulinia alta Packard 1916
†Mulinia chilota Frassinetti 1997
Mulinia cleryana d'Orbigny 1846
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Invalid names: Mulinia byronensis Gray 1837 [replaced]
†Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833
Mulinia edulis King 1831
Mulinia milesii Holmes 1858
Mulinia modesta Dall 1894
Mulinia pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 [pale razor clam]
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Invalid names: Corbula altirostris Li 1930 [synonym], Mulinia bradleyi Dall 1894 [synonym], Mulinia camina Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym], Mulinia donaciformis Gray 1837 [synonym]
†Mulinia undulifera Packard 1916
†Mulinia yaquinensis Clark 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 14:11:59
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:11:59
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene 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 (271 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama M. sp. (42528 42534 42537)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) M. sp. (122273)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru (Tumbes) M. zorritoensis (59002)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) M. lateralis (59739 92762 92766 92768 92769)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) M. sp. (156754 156791)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Peru M. sp. (76635)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Esmeraldas) M. pallida (60751)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) M. orthria (68970 111204 136943)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Chile M. vidali (68263)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) M. cleryana (145337) M. sp. (79785 79984 79985 79997 136014 145530 145531)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela M. sp. (130981)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama M. lateralis (52174 93145 93146 93148 93159) M. sp. (145524)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Virginia) M. congesta (79751 79752 79754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela M. portoricensis (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia M. cleryana (96500 96501) M. lateralis (131219) M. sp., M. lateralis (131220)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) M. congesta (79962)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago M. sp. (60410 60411 60412 60415 60416 60417 60647 60650 60655)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) M. congesta (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Chile M. edulis (68781)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) M. congesta (59329 59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) M. camina, M. pallida (51885)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica M. lateralis (134660)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) M. congesta (79248 79249 151326)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador M. guayasensis (97638)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Mississippi) M. lateralis (92528 92529)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) M. congesta (75009 75012 75013 75014 75019) M. sp. (75015)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Georgia) M. lateralis, M. congesta (164698)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. sapotilla, M. congesta (41749)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Chile (Coquimbo) M. sp. (222357)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Chile (Atacama) M. sp. (221938)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Chile M. chilota (79204 79205 79206 79207)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Peru M. edulis (80406) M. sp. (80530 97650)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) M. congesta (59307 59308 59309 59310 59331 68979 69018 79341 79342 79343)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) M. congesta (78267 78269 78270 79247 79709) M. congregata (79245 79246) M. lateralis (80036 80038 80040)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) M. congesta (59484 59487 59488 59490 80029 80037 80039 176823) M. sapotilla (79876)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Peru M. sp. (219106 219107)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. sp. (79847)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) M. lateralis (211182 211183)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ecuador (Manabi) M. pallida (48664 48665)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Mactra lateralis (92407) M. lateralis (92408)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) M. caloosaensis (80024) M. caloosaensis, M. sapotilla, M. lateralis, M. congesta (79331) M. lateralis (41497 41498 61309 75003 75004 79748 79786 79787 79788 80025) M. sapotila (69029) M. sapotilla (79333 79336) M. sapotilla, M. lateralis (41501 41718) M. sp. (79749)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) M. congesta (59317) M. lateralis (60986 60987 60988 60989 69043 80034) M. sp., M. lateralis (80033)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) M. congesta (80083) M. lateralis (80053)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. lateralis, M. congesta (80030)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Chile (Copiapó) M. edulis (222834 222837 222838 222841 222875 222876 222879)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) M. lateralis (66703)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) M. lateralis (7108)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) M. lateralis (66377 66381)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) M. lateralis (66603 66612 66618 66621 66622)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Chile (Huasco) M. edulis (223291)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Chile (Copiapó) M. edulis (223450 223451)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador M. byronensis (97639)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) M. lateralis (41705)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Peru (Ica) M. edulis (219105) M. sp., M. edulis (219059)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (North Carolina) M. lateralis (91458 91459 91461 91462 91463 91488 91489)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) M. lateralis (61310 80046) M. sp. (67069)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) M. pallida, M. grayi (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) M. lateralis (61270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) M. lateralis (57702 57703 57704 57705 69049 80048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) M. edulis (96672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. caloosaensis (80001) M. lateralis (34269 41715 41740 61311 96538) M. sapotila (69040 70010) M. sapotilia (69034)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mactra pallida (59063 240621) M. pallida (96566 160361 219029)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) M. lateralis (66724)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru M. edulis (76643 76647)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) M. edulis (43707 43708 43709 43710 43711 43712 43714 43715 43717 43719 43720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) M. lateralis (66707 66713 66719 66720 66721 71640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) M. lateralis (66742 66744 66746 66747 66748 66749 66750 66751 66752 66754 69045 69047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Mactra lateralis (92405 92406) M. lateralis (60923 60927 60928 60929 60930 66755 66756 66757 66758 66760 69046 79705 79706 79707 79956 79957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) M. lateralis (20604 20606 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) M. pallida (160394 160395)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) M. lateralis (92523 92525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) M. lateralis (41935 41936 41940 41942 92773 92774 92775 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru M. edulis (97647)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina M. edulis (65821 65823)