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Abra alba

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Mactra alba was named by Wood (1802). It is extant.

It was recombined as Abra alba by Wood (1850).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Mactra alba Wood
1850Abra alba Wood p. 237

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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)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusAbraLamarck 1818
speciesalba(Wood 1802)

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.

Abra alba Wood 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:19:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:33:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Abra alba (60288 60291)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan Abra alba (174760)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Abra alba (168730)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Abra alba (84755)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Abra alba (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Abra alba (84759 84764 84798)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Abra alba (86804 86805)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium Abra alba (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Abra alba (97962 97963 97964 97965 97966 97967 97968 97969 98034 98036 98037 98038 98039 98040 98041)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Abra alba (98196 98197 98199 98200 98201)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Abra alba (56806)