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Moerella macilenta
Taxonomy
Tellina (Angulus) macilenta was named by Dall (1900) [DISTRIBUTION: Early-Late Pliocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 115045, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Tellina (Moerella) macilenta by Mansfield (1932), Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Moerella macilenta by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Tellina (Moerella) macilenta by Mansfield (1932), Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Moerella macilenta by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Angulus donacillus, Angulus donacina, Angulus donacinus, Angulus napanensis, Angulus opressa, Angulus optata, M. acalyptya, M. donacina, M. hendersoni, M. yapa, M. elinguis, Tellina atossa, Tellina bonneti, Tellina brevis, Tellina hendersoni, Tellina hilaris, Tellina jungi, Tellina nanggulanensis, Tellina nannodes, Tellina raulini, Tellina ravuli, Tellina sayi, Tellina simpsoni, Tellina sybaritica, Tellina trigonula
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1900 | Tellina (Angulus) macilenta Dall p. 1034 |
| 1932 | Tellina (Moerella) macilenta Mansfield p. 137 |
| 1943 | Tellina (Moerella) macilenta Gardner p. 97 |
| 2008 | Moerella macilenta 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.
†Moerella macilenta Dall 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (North Carolina) | Tellina macilenta (59329) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Tellina macilenta (59486) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (North Carolina) | Moerella macilenta (68979 69018) Tellina macilenta (59307 59309 59310) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Moerella macilenta (69043) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Tellina macilenta (59313) |