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Macoma (Macoma) moesta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina moesta was named by Deshayes (1855) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Arctic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Tellina (Macoma) moesta by Johnstrup (1882); it was recombined as Macoma moesta by Simonarson et al. (1998); it was recombined as Macoma (Macoma) moesta by Coan et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Tellina moesta Deshayes
1882Tellina (Macoma) moesta Johnstrup p. 8
1998Macoma moesta Simonarson et al.
2000Macoma (Macoma) moesta Coan et al. p. 411

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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
subgenusMacomaLeach 1819
speciesmoesta(Deshayes 1855)

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) moesta Deshayes 1855
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608USA (Alaska) Macoma moesta (37643 37644 37645 37657 37667 37670)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Russian Federation Macoma moesta (50141)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Macoma moesta (49979 50037 50038)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Macoma moesta (49978)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greenland Macoma moesta (75099)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Macoma moesta (96895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Macoma moesta (48462 48464 48465)