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Taxonomy
Mactra elliptica was named by Brown (1827) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Spisula elliptica by Bellomo (1993).
It was recombined as Spisula elliptica by Bellomo (1993).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1827 | Mactra elliptica Brown |
| 1993 | Spisula elliptica Bellomo p. 398 |
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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.
Spisula elliptica Brown 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Spisula elliptica (62882 62883) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Spisula elliptica (62884) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Spisula elliptica (61897 61898 61900 61902 61904 61905 61906 62885 62886 62887) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | Spisula elliptica (78312) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Spisula elliptica (97963 97964 97965) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Ireland | Spisula elliptica (178118) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Spisula elliptica (98196 98197 98199 98201 98205) |