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Rangia cuneata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Gnathodon cuneatus was named by Sowerby (1831). It is extant.

It was misspelled as Gnathodon cuneatum by Cooke (1936); it was recombined as Rangia cuneata by Dall (1898), Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Spencer and Campbell (1987), Petuch and Roberts (2007), Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Gnathodon cuneatus Sowerby figs. pl. 36, figs. 1-7
1858Gnathodon cuneatus Holmes p. 41
1884Gnathodon nasutus Dall
1898Rangia cuneata Dall p. 904
1936Gnathodon cuneatum Cooke
1954Rangia cuneata Abbott p. 450
1962Rangia nasuta DuBar
1962Rangia cuneata Richards p. 69
1987Rangia cuneata Spencer and Campbell p. 47
2007Rangia cuneata Petuch and Roberts
2008Rangia cuneata Hendy et al.

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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
genusRangiaDes Moulins 1832
speciescuneata(Sowerby 1831)

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.

Rangia cuneata Sowerby 1831
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Invalid names: Rangia nasuta Dall 1884 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Georgia) Rangia cuneata (164698)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Mississippi) Rangia cuneata (92528 92530)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Rangia nasuta (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Rangia cuneata (79708)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Rangia cuneata (61309 80024 80025) Rangia nasuta (41497 41501 41718 79331 80358)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Rangie cuneata (7108)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Rangia cuneata (66622 66623)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Rangia cuneata (61310 67069 80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Rangia cuneata (66712 66713 66720 66721 66722 66723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Rangia cuneata (57703 57704 57705 57706 69049)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Gnathodon cuneatum (92406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Rangia cuneata (61311 69034 79738 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Rangia cuneata (66749 66750 66754)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Rangia cuneata (41934 41935 41939 92772 92776)