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Mesosaccella

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Mesosaccella was named by Chavan (1946) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine T Than Sepkoski's reference number: 791,914]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeoneilo by Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Nuculanidae by Vokes (1980); and to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
M. partimstriata, M. perdita, M. rogovi, M. toddi
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. foersteri, M. morrisi, M. subacuta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Mesosaccella Chavan
1980Mesosaccella Vokes p. 6
2002Mesosaccella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusMesosaccellaChavan 1946

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.

G. †Mesosaccella Chavan 1946
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†Mesosaccella perdita Conrad 1852
†Mesosaccella rogovi Hryniewicz et al. 2014
†Mesosaccella toddi Hryniewicz et al. 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Ypresian or 208.50000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (203 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Nevada) M. sp. (210696)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran M. subzelima (48975)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran M. subzelima (48967 48969 48971 48972)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (38371)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (38374)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3China (Xizang) M. sp. (61426)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation M. morrisi (68347)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Poland M. sp. (141297)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) M. morrisi (37950 37951 37952 37956 37957 37958) M. sp. (38487)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India M. indica (61467 61521 61524 61528 61530 61533 61540 61661 61674 63240 67392 67399 67400 67401 67547 67548 67556 67557 67558 67567 67568 67577 67579 67580 67583 67622 67624 68089 68094 68095 68393 68394 68395 68407 68411 68412 68500 68551 68554 68555 68593)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India M. indica (62155 62353 63068)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) M. morrisi (37949 37953 37954)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2New Zealand M. sp. (56273)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India M. indica (61667 61672 62165 67398 67550 67559 67570 67581 67582 68386 68391 68487 68488 68491 68496 68498 68502 68550 68552 68553)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2India M. indica (67553)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian164.7 - 150.8Iran (Tabas Area) M. morrisii (41417)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.1Portugal M. sanctaecrucis (7392)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France M. sp. (4789 4849)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France M. sp. (4856)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Normandy) M. sp. (4857)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal M. dammariensis (67959 68602) M. sanctaecrucis (7054 7055 7056 7059 7075 7076 7077 7393 7394 7395 7406 7407 7408 7409 7410 8670 68212)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal M. dammariensis (67909 67937 67942 67943 67944 67951)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal M. dammariensis (68233)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal M. sanctaecrucis (8363) M. santaecrucis (8364)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Greenland M. choroschovensis (1232) M. choroschowensis (1215 1216 1219 1233 1239 1246 1247 1248 1251 1258 1264 1266 1270 1462 1477 1478 1480)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal M. sanctaecrucis (8164)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen M. rogovi (163967 163969 163973) M. rogovi, M. toddi (163966)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Portugal M. sanctaecrucis (7891 7892 7893 7894 7895 7896 7913 7915 7916 8040 8041 8205)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Svalbard and Jan Mayen M. rogovi (163974 167346) M. rogovi, M. toddi (47064 163970 163972)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Taiwan M. taiwanensis (39623)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) M. insignis (40315 40553)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (162252) M. woodsi (162290)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) M. insignis (65646 65647 65648)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Jordan M. subacuta (154974)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Japan (Iwate) M. insignis (40317 40555)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Japan M. insignis (91252)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) M. angulata, M. lineata (6280)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan M. subacuta (154969) M. subacuta, M. sp. (154973)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Jordan M. subacuta (154970 154971) M. subacuta, M. sp. (154972)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Australia (Victoria) M. sp. (90701)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Australia (Victoria) M. sp. (90700)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany M. foersteri (36816)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel M. grovei, M. larteti, M. perdita (80987 80995) M. larteti (80980 80989 80990 80997 80998) M. larteti, M. grovei, M. perdita (80986) M. larteti, M. perdita (80979 80981 80983 80984 80985 80992 80993 80996) M. sp. (80982) M. sp., M. larteti (80988) M. sp., M. perdita (80994)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) M. partimstriata (3266 3267)