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Mesodesma (Ceronia)

Bivalvia - Venerida - Mesodesmatidae

Taxonomy
Ceronia was named by Gray (1853). It is extant.

It was reranked as Mesodesma (Ceronia) by Signorelli (2019).

It was assigned to Mesodesma by Signorelli (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Mesodesma (Ceronia) Signorelli p. 96

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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
subgenusCeronia(Gray 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. Mesodesma (Ceronia) Gray 1853
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Invalid names: Erycina denticulata Gray 1825 [synonym], Mesodesma anodontina Römer 1862 [synonym], Mesodesma jauresii De Joannis 1834 [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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Mactra deaurata (84759 84764)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) Mesodesma arctatum (66379)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Mesodesma arctatum, Mesodesma deaurata (66622)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Medodesma arctica (61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Mesodesma arctatum (66338 66355)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) Mesodesma arctatum (66630)