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Montacuta floridana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae

Taxonomy
Montacuta floridana was named by Dall (1899). It is extant.

It was recombined as Neaeromya floridana by Portell et al. (1992); it was recombined as Aligena floridana by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Montacuta floridana Dall
1992Neaeromya floridana Portell et al.
2012Aligena floridana Coan and Valentich-Scott

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyLeptonoidea(Gray 1847)
familyMontacutidaeClark 1855
genusMontacutaTurton 1822
speciesfloridanaDall 1899

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: stationaryf
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-17 20:31:22
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:31:22
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Eames 1951, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Montacuta floridana (79331) Nearomya floridana (61309)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Neaeromya floridana (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Neaeromya floridana (61311) Orobitella floridana (96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Nearomya floridana (92776)