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Mactromeris coalingensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra coalingensis was named by Arnold (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 165513, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Spisula coalingensis by Packard (1916); it was recombined as Mactromeris coalingensis by Moore (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Mactra coalingensis Arnold pp. 71 - 72 figs. Plate XXV, figure 4
1916Spisula coalingensis Packard p. 301
2003Mactromeris coalingensis Moore figs. Plate 9, figure 10

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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
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusMactromerisConrad 1868
speciescoalingensis()

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.

†Mactromeris coalingensis Arnold 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:48:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:48:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 23.04000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Washington) Mactra coalingensis (239633)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Washington) Mactra coalingensis (21385 239321 239434 239446 241043 241050 241293 241294 241295 241296 241297 241302 241316 241319 241782)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Spisula coalingensis (220195)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Spisula coalingensis (215435 216433)