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Mactromeris muliniaformis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Spisula muliniaformis was named by Wagner and Schilling (1923) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; California.]. Its type specimen is UCCIP 11423, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Univ. Cal. Loc. 3219 - Pleito Fm, which is in an Oligocene coastal sandstone/sandstone in the Pleito Formation of California.

It was recombined as Mactromeris muliniaformis by Moore (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. addicotti, M. precursor, Spisula longa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Spisula muliniaformis Wagner and Schilling p. 257 figs. pl. 48, figs. 1, 2
2003Mactromeris muliniaformis Moore

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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
genusMactromerisConrad 1868
speciesmuliniaformis()

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.

†Mactromeris muliniaformis Wagner and Schilling 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available