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Mactra constricta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra constricta was named by Wood (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sutton, Suffolk [Red Crag], which is in a Pliocene coastal siliciclastic in the Red Crag Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Mactra constricta Wood p. 249 figs. pl. 24, figs. 6a-c

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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
speciesconstricta

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 constricta Wood 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available