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Macoma virginiana conradi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Macoma conradi was named by Dall (1900) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 144475, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Macoma virginiana conradi by Gardner (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Macoma conradi Dall p. 1048 figs. pl. 47, fig. 3
1943Macoma virginiana conradi Gardner p. 99

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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
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMacomaLeach 1819
speciesvirginiana(Conrad 1866)
subspeciesconradi(Dall 1900)

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: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:44:14
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:16:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available