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Mactromeris rushi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Spisula rushi was named by Wagner and Schilling (1923) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene; California.]. Its type specimen is UCCIP 11422, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Spisula rushi Wagner and Schilling p. 256 figs. pl. 47, fig. 2
1973Spisula rushi Addicott p. 30
2003Mactromeris rushi Moore figs. Plate 6, figures 6, 9

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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
speciesrushi()

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 rushi Wagner and Schilling 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:48:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:48:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 48.07000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Spisula rushi (194557 194560)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Spisula rushi (194440)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Spisula rushi (71174)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Spisula rushi (52799 52801 52829)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (California) Spisula rushi (71183)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Spisula rushi (72406 219734 219735 219736 219756 219758 219759)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Spisula rushi (44912)