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Macrocallista maculata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus maculata was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata by Vaughn (1921) and Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata by Gardner (1926) and Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Callista (Callista) maculata by Palmer (1926); it was recombined as Callista maculata by Oinomikado (1939); it was recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) maculata by Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was recombined as Macrocallista maculata by Brown and Pilsbry (1911), Olsson (1922) and Mikkelsen and Bieler (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Venus maculata Linnaeus p. 686
1855Cytherea (Meretrix) dariena Conrad p. 72 figs. pl. 45, fig. 21
1911Macrocallista maculata Brown and Pilsbry p. 370
1921Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata Vaughn
1922Macrocallista maculata Olsson p. 234
1926Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata Gardner p. 160
1926Callista (Callista) maculata Palmer pp. 77, 78
1929Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata Anderson p. 170
1939Callista maculata Oinomikado p. 629
1953Macrocallista (Macrocallista) maculata Olsson and Harbison p. 109
1982Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata Woodring p. 689
2008Macrocallista maculata Mikkelsen and Bieler

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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
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusMacrocallistaMeek 1876
speciesmaculata(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Cytherea (Meretrix) dariena Conrad 1855 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:36:59
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:36:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (184 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Venezuela Macrocallista maculata (134844)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Macrocallista maculata (42580)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Panama Macrocallista maculata (42558)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Macrocallista maculata (42603 42607 42608 42609 42626 42627 42628 42630 93039)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Macrocallista maculata (60979) Macrocallista maculata, Macrocallista maculata (65162)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Panama Macrocallista maculata (42600)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Macrocallista maculata (61013)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Macrocallista maculata (156327 156334 156356 156493 156691 156727 156751 156752 156753 156797 156832 160770 160776 160798 160799 160800 160814 160815 160816 161093 161094)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Macrocallista maculata (60144)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Macrocallista maculata (42611 42618 42619 49493)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Macrocallista maculata (41760 42225 42250 42281 42290 42328 42366 42482 42605 42656 42657 42663 42677 42682)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia Macrocallista maculata (97678)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Macrocallista maculata (156798)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Macrocallista maculata (136880 136885 136907 136909 156520 156524 157830 158040 160969 160970 161056 161057 161997 162000)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Macrocallista maculata (42597 42598 42599 52173 93045 93050)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Macrocallista maculata (135498 135502)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Macrocallista maculata (43023 43024 80021 111204)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Macrocallista maculata (136993)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Macrocallista maculata (130981 131304)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Macrocallista maculata (52169 52170 52171 52172 52174 52176 93051 93053 93054 93059 93144 93145 93146 93147 93148 93149 93150 93159 93160 93162 93163 93164 93174)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Macrocallista maculata (142895 142897 142898 142899 142902 142903 142905 142906 142910 142911 142931 142932 142933 142935 142948 142950 145254 145278 145283 145332 145334 145335 145339 145567)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Macrocallista maculata (61043 135503)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Macrocallista maculata (60408 60637 60638 81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Macrocallista maculata (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Macrocallista maculata (61032 135500)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Macrocallista maculata (88296 131220)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Macrocallista maculata (60692 61183)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Macrocallista maculata (41541 41543 41544 41545 41546 41551 41552 41554)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Macrocallista maculata (134669)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Colombia Callista maculata (93723)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Carabobo) Macrocallista maculata (41540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Tayabas) Macrocallista maculata (41568)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Macrocallista maculata (131210 131217 131218 131237 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia Macrocallista sp. (97677)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) Macrocallista maculata (136994 157271 157967 157969)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Macrocallista maculata (134653)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Macrocallista maculata (41501 61309 79331 79786)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela Macrocallista maculata (131267)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Macrocallista maculata (75422 75425)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Macrocallista maculata (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Macrocallista maculata (67069 80046)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Macrocallista maculata (67947)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Macrocallista maculata (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Macrocallista maculata (79956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Macrocallista maculata (131223)