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Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis
Taxonomy
Macoma carolinensis was named by Gardner and Aldrich (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. aomoriensis, M. arcata, M. arcatata, M. arnoldi, M. asagaiensis, M. brevifrons, M. calcaria, M. calcaria, M. chulgunensis, M. clallamensis, M. cuspidata, M. dispar, M. erycinoides, M. gorenlandica, M. gracilis, M. groenlandica, M. inclinata, M. indentata, M. irma, M. izurensis, M. kamtschatica, M. karaginskiensis, M. kirkinskaja, M. lipara, M. lissonii, M. litoralis, M. lorenzoensis, M. middendorffii, M. nagaoi, M. nasuta, M. nasuta, M. nigeriensis, M. nipponica, M. optiva, M. orbicularis, M. orientalis, M. osacamensis, M. panamensis, M. parabilella, M. planiuscula, M. planiusculus, M. plebeia, M. poretschiensis, M. praeorbiculata, M. praetexta, M. pseudomera, M. ralpha, M. ralphi, M. rekinnensis, M. sachalinensis, M. scalaroides, M. scarlotoi, M. sectior, M. sejugata, M. seminuda, M. simiensis, M. spambergensis, M. subulosa, M. tenta, M. tokyoense, M. tokyoensis, M. truncatoides, M. uruuayensis, M. vasiljevskii, M. vialovi, M. vicksburgensis, M. virginiana, M. virginicana, M. wynoocheensis, M. wynoochensis, M. yoldiiformis, M. talahabensis, M. telahabensis, M. vendryesi, M. vancouverensis, M. izurensis, M. moesta, M. moesta, M. nipponica, M. optiva, M. petalum, M. praetexta, M. sejugata, M. tokyoensis, M. holmesii, M. hosfordensis, M. hybrida, M. tagua, M. sectior, M. shiratoriensis
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-02-25
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1919 | Macoma carolinensis Gardner and Aldrich p. 50 |
| 1943 | Macoma carolinensis Gardner p. 100 |
| 2008 | Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis Hendy et al. |
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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.
†Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (North Carolina) | Macoma carolinensis (59309) |