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Mactrotoma nasuta (bent surfclam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra nasuta was named by Gould (1851). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mactra (Mactrotoma) nasuta by Packard (1916), Aberhan and Fursich (1991); it was recombined as Mactrotoma nasuta by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Mactra cymata, Mactra undula, M. fragilus, M. maracaibensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Mactra nasuta Gould p. 88
1855Mactra hiantina Deshayes p. 68
1916Mactra (Mactrotoma) nasuta Packard p. 278 figs. Plate 12, figures 2a, 2b and 2c
1950Mactra revellei Durham p. 93
1991Mactra (Mactrotoma) nasuta Aberhan and Fursich
2012Mactrotoma nasuta Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 550

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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
genusMactrotomaDall 1894
speciesnasuta(Gould 1851)

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.

Mactrotoma nasuta Gould 1851 [bent surfclam]
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Invalid names: Mactra hiantina Deshayes 1855 [synonym], Mactra revellei Durham 1950 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:11:26
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:11:26
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Mactra nasuta (222995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Mactra nasuta (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mactra nasuta (96895 160361)