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Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis was named by Durham (1944). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP A3710, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Blakeley Formation of Washington.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alta, M. angulata, M. araucana, M. asymmetrica, M. bulgarica, M. caspia, M. chinensis, M. chipolana, M. cinerea, M. corallina, M. corallina, M. darwini, M. defossa, M. dernbergi, M. discors, M. eichwaldi, M. fabreana, M. garreti, M. gaultina, M. glabrata, M. indistincta, M. inornata, M. insulaemaris, M. iridia, M. kavakamiensis, M. luscata, M. luzonica, M. maculosa, M. matthewi, M. naviculata, M. orbiculata, M. pallasii, M. parilis, M. pittsburgensis, M. plana, M. podolica, M. pura, M. ramonensis, M. rosea, M. splendidula, M. steinmanni, M. sulcataria, M. superstes, M. valangiensis, M. veneriformis, M. vitaliana, M. vitaliana, M. denburgi, M. caspia, M. cuvieri, M. basteroti, M. chatina, M. sulcataria, M. semiplicata, M. fragilis, M. cymata, M. undula, M. mula, M. sulcataria, M. macescens, M. maracaibensis, M. undula, M. eichwaldi, M. asperaeformis, M. polynyma, M. snatolensis, M. xenophonti, Spisula addicotti, Spisula albaria, Spisula albaria, Spisula albirupina, Spisula amekiensis, Spisula bisculpurtata, Spisula californica, Spisula catiliformis, Spisula chulgunensis, Spisula coosensis, Spisula cutirostrata, Spisula eugenense, Spisula funerata, Spisula hanniballi, Spisula inaequilateralis, Spisula incrassata, Spisula merriami, Spisula mississippiensis, Spisula modicella, Spisula ochotensis, Spisula onnechiuria, Spisula ovalis, Spisula packardi, Spisula rushi, Spisula solida, Spisula solidissima, Spisula subtruncata, Spisula tigilensis, Spisula trangulata, Spisula triangulata, Spisula aequilatera, Spisula aequilaterala, Spisula densa, Spisula dodona, Spisula modicella, Spisula modicella, Spisula grayana, Spisula longa, Spisula matleyi, Spisula onnechiuria, Spisula densata, Spisula evalensis, Spisula ezodensata, Spisula ikusaensis, Spisula panzana, Spisula sachalinensis, Spisula hauitaca, Spisula inaequilatera, Spisula subtruncata, Spisula couttsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis Durham p. 152

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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
genusMactraGray 1837
subgenusSpisula
speciessammamishensis

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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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 14:12:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:12:34
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Mactra sammamishensis (type locality: 208176)