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Mulinia lateralis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra lateralis was named by Say (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; Maine-Texas.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Mulinia lateralis by Dall (1898), Olsson (1922), Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Woodring (1982) and Spencer and Campbell (1987).

Subspecies
M. sauryensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. caloosaensis, M. sapotilla, M. vidali

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Mactra lateralis Say p. 309
1860Mactra lateralis Holmes p. 40
1898Mulinia lateralis Dall pp. 901-902
1922Mulinia lateralis Olsson p. 265
1954Mulinia lateralis Abbott p. 449
1962Mulinia lateralis Richards p. 69
1982Mulinia lateralis Woodring p. 650
1987Mulinia lateralis Spencer and Campbell p. 47

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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)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
genusMuliniaGray 1837
specieslateralis(Say 1822)

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 14:11:59
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:11:59
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (126 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Mulinia lateralis (59739 92762 92766 92768 92769)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Mulinia lateralis (52174 93145 93146 93148 93159)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Mulinia lateralis (131219 131220)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Georgia) Mulinia lateralis (164698)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Mulinia lateralis (134660)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Mississippi) Mulinia lateralis (92528 92529)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Mulinia lateralis (80036 80038 80040)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Mulinia lateralis (41497 41498 41501 41718 61309 75003 75004 79331 79748 79786 79787 79788 80025)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Mactra lateralis (92407) Mulinia lateralis (92408)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Mulinia lateralis (60986 60987 60988 60989 69043 80033 80034)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Mulinia lateralis (211182 211183)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Mulinia lateralis (7108)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mulinia lateralis (80030)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) Mulinia lateralis (66703)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New York) Mulinia lateralis (66377 66381)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Mulinia lateralis (66603 66612 66618 66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Mulinia lateralis (80053)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Mulinia lateralis (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Mulinia lateralis (61310 80046)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (North Carolina) Mulinia lateralis (91458 91459 91461 91462 91463 91488 91489)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Mactra lateralis (92405 92406) Mulinia lateralis (60923 60927 60928 60929 60930 66755 66756 66757 66758 66760 69046 79705 79706 79707 79956 79957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Mulinia lateralis (66742 66744 66746 66747 66748 66749 66750 66751 66752 66754 69045 69047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Mulinia lateralis (61270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mulinia lateralis (34269 41715 41740 61311 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Mulinia lateralis (66724)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Mulinia lateralis (66707 66713 66719 66720 66721 71640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Mulinia lateralis (20604 20606 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Mulinia lateralis (57702 57703 57704 57705 69049 80048)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Mulinia lateralis (41935 41936 41940 41942 92773 92774 92775 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Mulinia lateralis (92523 92525)