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Mesodesmatidae
Taxonomy
Mesodesmatidae was named by Gray (1840) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5189]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Mactracea by Glenn (1904), Vokes (1980) and Saul (1989); and to Mactroidea by Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011) and Signorelli and Carter (2016).
It was assigned to Mactracea by Glenn (1904), Vokes (1980) and Saul (1989); and to Mactroidea by Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011) and Signorelli and Carter (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1840 | Mesodesmatidae Gray |
1904 | Mesodesmatidae Glenn p. 284 |
1922 | Myadesmidae Clark p. 115 |
1923 | Myadesmidae Clark and Arnold p. 152 |
1962 | Donacillidae Macpherson and Gabriel |
1980 | Mesodesmatidae Vokes p. 139 |
1989 | Mesodesmatidae Saul p. 200 |
2009 | Mesodesmatidae Nevesskaja |
2010 | Mesodesmatidae Bouchet et al. |
2011 | Mesodesmatidae Carter et al. p. 16 |
2016 | Mesodesmatidae Signorelli and Carter p. 209 figs. Table 1 |
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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.
Fm. Mesodesmatidae Gray 1840
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G. †Califadesma Saul 1989
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†Califadesma aspris Saul 1989
†Califadesma elafium Saul 1989
†Califadesma tuscanum Saul 1989
G. Donacilla Lamarck 1819
Subfm. Mesodesmatinae Gray 1840
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G. Amesodesma Iredale 1930
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G. †Ceroniola
G. Mesodesma Deshayes
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Mesodesma arctatum Conrad 1831
†Mesodesma costaricensis Olsson 1922
Mesodesma deauratum Turton 1822
Mesodesma donacilla Lamarck 1819
Mesodesma donacium Lamarck 1818
†Mesodesma elongata Abbass 1972
†Mesodesma mariana Glenn 1904
G. †Myadesma Clark 1922
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†Myadesma dalli Clark 1922
†Myadesma eocenica Clark 1938
†Myadesma howei Clark 1922
†Myadesma pacifica Hall and Ambrose 1916
Invalid names: Donacillidae Macpherson and Gabriel 1962 [synonym], Myadesmidae Clark 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Holocene or 89.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 86.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 86.3 Ma
Collections (86 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Coniacian | USA (California) | Califadesma aspris (86783) | |
Coniacian - Santonian | USA (California) | Califadesma elaphium (185736) | |
Santonian | USA (California) | Califadesma elafium (72055 86781 86954 86955 86956) | |
Early/Lower Santonian | USA (California) | Califadesma elafium (207431 207432 207434 207437) | |
Late/Upper Santonian | USA (California) | Califadesma elafium (207433) | |
Middle Campanian | USA (California) | Califadesma tuscanum (185156) | |
Maastrichtian | Chile | Ceroniola australis (1314) | |
Ypresian | Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) | Mesodesma elongata (42459) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Myadesma eocenica (191188) | |
Bartonian - Priabonian | USA (Texas) | Mesodesma singleyi (98887) | |
Priabonian | USA (Oregon) | Myadesma howei (38998) | |
Priabonian | USA (California) | Myadesma pacifica (52622) Myadesma sp., Myadesma pacifica (52626) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Mesodesma singleyi (43061) | |
Chattian | Canada (British Columbia) | Myadesma dalli (63087) | |
Langhian | Japan (Toyama) | Donacilla sp. (219252) | |
Middle Miocene | USA (California) | Myadesma pacifica (215306) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | Mesodesma antiqua (70083) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Anapella variabilis (63436 63437) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | New Zealand (Auckland) | Amphidesma australe (45256 45259) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Italy | Donacilla cornea (78335) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Greece (Rhodes) | Ervillia sp. (122994) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mactra deaurata (84759 84764) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Peru | Mesodesma donacina (80406) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Anapella cycladea (63353) | |
Piacenzian | Costa Rica | Mesodesma costaricensis (134652) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Anapella variabilis (63380) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Donacilla africana (122941) | |
Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Mesodesma arctatum, Mesodesma deaurata (66622) | |
Pleistocene | Eritrea | Mesodesma glabrata (101416 101417) | |
Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Mesodesma arctatum (66379) | |
Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Atactodea striata (198587) | |
Pleistocene | Chile (Coquimbo) | Mesodesma donacium (222333) | |
Pleistocene | Chile (Copiapó) | Mesodesma donacium (222834 222837 222840 222841 222878 222879) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Chile (Coquimbo) | Mesodesma donacium (222343 222350) | |
Quaternary | Chile (Copiapó) | Mesodesma donacium (223447) | |
Quaternary | Chile (Región de Tarapacá) | Mesodesma donacium (226378) | |
Middle Pleistocene | New Zealand (Wellington) | Paphies subtriangulata, Paphies australis (94818) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Atactodea striata (63317 63319) Mesodesma nitida (63207 63208) Paphies cuneata (96708) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Atactodea stricta (97961) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Turkey | Donacilla cornea (78332) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Medodesma arctica (61269) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Eritrea | Mesodesma glabrata (101543) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Chile (Tarapaca) | Mesodesma donacium (96672) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru (Moquegua) | Mesodesma donacium (43708 43710 43712 43714 43715 43716 43717 43719 43720) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Mesodesma donacium (76643 76647) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Yorke Peninsula) | Amesodesma angusta, Amesodesma sp. (193422) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maine) | Mesodesma arctatum (66338 66355) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | Ervillia purpurea (96785) Mesodesma striatum (96789 96795) | |
Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Ervillia concentrica (92776) | |
Holocene | Peru | Mesodesma donacium (97647) | |
Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Paphies cuneata (63359) | |
Holocene | USA (New Jersey) | Mesodesma arctatum (66630) |