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Mesodesma (Mesodesma) donacium

Bivalvia - Venerida - Mesodesmatidae

Taxonomy
Mactra donacia was named by Lamarck (1818). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mesodesma donacium by Huber (2010); it was recombined as Mesodesma (Mesodesma) donacium by Signorelli (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. antiqua, M. donacina, M. glabrata, M. nitida, M. singleyi, M. striatum
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2014-04-29

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Mactra donacia Lamarck
1844Mesodesma cuneata Potiez and Michaud p. 206
1845Donacilla chilensis dOrbigny p. 530
1854Mesodesma lanceolata Reeve figs. Pl. 4, sp. 25
2010Mesodesma donacium Huber
2019Mesodesma (Mesodesma) donacium Signorelli p. 94 figs. 6.1a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
—NeoheterodonteiTaylor et al. 2007
orderVenerida(Gray 1854)
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMesodesmatidaeGray 1840
subfamilyMesodesmatinaeGray 1840
genusMesodesmaDeshayes
subgenusMesodesmaDeshayes 1832
speciesdonacium(Lamarck 1818)

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.

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Invalid names: Donacilla chilensis dOrbigny 1845 [synonym], Mesodesma cuneata Potiez and Michaud 1844 [synonym], Mesodesma lanceolata Reeve 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:48:54
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:48:54
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Chile (Coquimbo) Mesodesma donacium (222333)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Chile (Copiapó) Mesodesma donacium (222834 222837 222840 222841 222878 222879)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Chile (Coquimbo) Mesodesma donacium (222343 222350)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Chile (Copiapó) Mesodesma donacium (223447)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Chile (Región de Tarapacá) Mesodesma donacium (226378)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) Mesodesma donacium (96672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Mesodesma donacium (76643 76647)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) Mesodesma donacium (43708 43710 43712 43714 43715 43716 43717 43719 43720)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Mesodesma donacium (97647)