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Moerella calpix
Taxonomy
Tellina (Moerella) calpix was named by Gardner (1943) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 325595, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Moerella calpix by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Moerella calpix by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1943 | Tellina (Moerella) calpix Gardner p. 98 figs. pl. 17, fig. 2, 3 |
| 2008 | Moerella calpix 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 calpix Gardner 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | Haiti | Tellina calpix (60095) |