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Meretrix

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Meretrix was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Meretricinae.

It was reranked as Cytherea (Meretrix) by Conrad (1855).

It was assigned to Cytherea by Conrad (1855); to Veneridae by Woods (1922), Packard (1922) and Nagao (1928); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Meretricinae by Vokes (1980), Pugaczewska (1984), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Mendir et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Meretrix Lamarck
1855Cytherea (Meretrix) Conrad p. 72
1922Meretrix Packard p. 423
1922Meretrix Woods p. 72
1928Meretrix Nagao p. 65
1980Meretrix Vokes p. 169
1984Meretrix Pugaczewska p. 55
2002Meretrix Sepkoski
2010Meretrix Bouchet et al.
2021Meretrix Mendir et al. p. 19

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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
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
genusMeretrixLamarck 1799

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. Meretrix Lamarck 1799
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†Meretrix bosworthi Woods 1922
†Meretrix cornelli Harris 1895
†Meretrix decisa Conrad 1855
†Meretrix desvauxi Coquand 1862
†Meretrix gabbi Arnold 1909
†Meretrix hikoshimensis Okamoto and Sakai 1995
†Meretrix indica Cox 1930
†Meretrix landesi Weaver 1912
†Meretrix longa Gabb 1864
†Meretrix macbeani Harris 1919
†Meretrix marshana Anderson 1958
†Meretrix mortoni Contrad 1834
†Meretrix negritosensis Woods 1922
†Meretrix neusensis Harris 1919
†Meretrix nuttalliopsis Heilprin 1878
†Meretrix persica Cox 1936
†Meretrix profunda Conrad 1854
†Meretrix shantii Abbass 1972
†Meretrix stantoni Dickerson 1914
†Meretrix subimpressa Conrad 1848
†Meretrix sylvaerupis Harris 1919
†Meretrix tularana Conrad 1855
†Meretrix uniomeris Conrad 1855
†Meretrix yoakumi Gabb 1861
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 139.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (139 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4Chile (Coquimbo) M. sp. (221557)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates M. faba (3790 3791)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria M. desvauxi (220822)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt M. desvauxi (150675)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt M. desvauxi (140242)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria M. desvauxi (220827)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Egypt M. desvauxi (150676)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt M. desvauxi (140275 140277 140587 140588)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) M. cretacea, M. eufaulensis (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel M. sp. (80984 80985 80986 80987 80988 80990 80992 80993 80995 80996 80997)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) M. cretacea, M. eufaulensis, M. sp. (205445)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) M. chalcedonica (74185)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) M. sp. (7597)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) M. marshana (225034)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt (Nile Valley) M. rohlfsi (3593) M. rolhfsi (3594)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt M. rholfsi (46599)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt (Western Desert) M. rohlfsi (3139 3140 3144 3148)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Egypt (Western Desert) M. pectinata (3133 3138)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) M. chalcedonica (74131 74135 74137 74138 74147 74148 74149 74150 74153 74156 74161 74169 74172 133179)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Libya M. sp. (77235)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) M. sp. (90612)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Argentina (Chubut) M. chalcedonica (57167)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) M. ripleyana (35081)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina M. rothi, M. australis, M. antarctica (99258)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) M. sp. (190791 190796) M. stantoni (11117 190778 190779 190790 190795 190798)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) M. sp. (184016)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) M. indica (52132)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) M. stantoni (52612 52613)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Pakistan (Baluchistan) M. sp. (101940)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (California) M. stantoni (237472)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France M. custugensis (59788)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan M. baluchistanensis (145131)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Cytherea subimpressa (55255)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) M. shantii (42459)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) M. sp. (122337)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) M. sp. (190801)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) M. sp. (211017)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Hungary M. sp. (78009)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) M. sp., M. stantoni (211023)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal M. arnaudi (40798)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain M. incrassata (165187)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Japan (Hyogo) M. sp. (102034 102039)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia M. puruensis (70082 79524)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Hungary M. sp. (78019)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9India (S.W. Kutch) M. sp. (13521)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Poland M. incrassata (49751)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia M. hilarionis (124371 124372) M. striatissima, M. hilarionis (124309) M. striatissima, M. incrassata (124308)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Trinidad and Tobago M. subimpressa, M. nuttalliopsis (80172)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Callista neusensis (5362 5363)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (North Carolina) Callista neusensis (5365)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy M. hungarica (78565) M. sp. (78617)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Callista neusensis (5364)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Somalia M. transversa (78566)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4India M. agrestis (78616)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (North Carolina) Callista neusensis (98979)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy M. splendida, M. exintermedia (86951)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Callista neusensis (71652)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Ecuador (Guayas) M. canoasensis (61203)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan (Yamaguchi) M. hikoshimensis (51454 51455 51456)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Israel M. ovisimilis, M. sp. (99564)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India M. meretrix, M. persica (78641) M. n. sp., M. persica (72084)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru M. negritosensis (93740)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan M. sp. (70876 70877)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) M. ninohensis (77918) M. sp. (77921)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan M. arugai (44961) M. lamarckii (44959)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan M. minohensis (70302)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Saudi Arabia M. sp. (197924)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India M. sp., M. persica (78614)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus M. sp. (34690)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia M. acuticosta (71926) M. cordiformis (70083) M. javana (70077)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Iran M. persica (79065)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan M. sp. (97031)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy M. islandicoides (72303)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan M. meretrix (55398) M. pseudoumbonella (77295)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia M. acuticosta (71925)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea M. trigona (78263)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (East Java) M. sp. (96670)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Philippines (Panay) M. meretrix (41650)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain M. tumens (127361)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan M. lamarckii (97028)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain M. chiona (128324)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain M. tumens (127358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco M. chione (127615)