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Standella (Standella)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Standella (Standella) was named by Gray (1853). It is extant. Its type is Mactra fragilis.

It was assigned to Standella by Gray (1853), Signorelli (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Standella (Standella) Gray
2019Standella (Standella) Signorelli p. 57

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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
genusStandellaGray 1853
subgenusStandellaGray 1853

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.

Subg. Standella (Standella) Gray 1853
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Invalid names: Lutraria candida Lamarck 1818 [synonym], Mactra anserina Guppy 1875 [synonym], Mactra bilineata Reeve 1854 [synonym], Mactra braziliana Lamarck 1818 [synonym], Mactra oblonga Philippi 1887 [synonym]
Standella (Standella) nasuta Gould 1851 [bent surfclam]
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Invalid names: Mactra deshayesii Conrad 1868 [synonym], Mactra hiantina Deshayes 1855 [synonym], Mactra revellei Durham 1950 [synonym], Mactrotoma revellei Durham 1950 [synonym]
Invalid names: Mactra fragilis gigas Nowell-Usticke 1969 [invalid subgroup]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Mactra oblonga (78552)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Chile Mactra oblonga (78521)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Mactra fragilis (61309)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Mactra nasuta (222995)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Mactra fragilis (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mactrotoma fragilis (69034 69084 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mactra nasuta (96895 160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Mactra fragilis (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Mactra fragilis (66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Mactra nasuta (44963)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Mactra fragilis (41935 92776)