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Mactra patagonica

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra patagonica was named by d'Orbigny (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Mactra (Mactra) patagonica by da Silva Forti (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Mactra patagonica d'Orbigny p. 509 figs. pl. 77, fig. 27
1969Mactra (Mactra) patagonica da Silva Forti p. 90
2005Mactra patagonica Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusMactraLinnaeus 1767
speciespatagonicad'Orbigny 1846

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.

Mactra patagonica d'Orbigny 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:11:34
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:11:34
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Mactra patagonica (185967 185968)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Argentina Mactra patagonica (71611 71612)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil Mactra patagonica (72132 72133 72135)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Mactra patagonica (72116 72117 72118 72119 72120 72121 72122 72123 72124 72125 72127)