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Taxonomy
Venus (Omphaloclathrum) mekranica was named by Vredenburg (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene; Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Antigona mekranica by Eames (1950); it was recombined as Fimbria (Omphaloclathrum) mekranica by Iqbal (1969); it was recombined as Venus mekranica by Iqbal (1980).
It was recombined as Antigona mekranica by Eames (1950); it was recombined as Fimbria (Omphaloclathrum) mekranica by Iqbal (1969); it was recombined as Venus mekranica by Iqbal (1980).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. alternans, V. aquitanica, V. arakana, V. awadi, V. basteroti, V. burdigalensis, V. campechiensis, V. campechiensis, V. campechiensis, V. campechiensis, V. cincta, V. cornueliana, V. ducatellii, V. dupiniana, V. elongata, V. escheri, V. galdryana, V. galdryanan, V. halidona, V. helvetica, V. jacksonensis, V. konkensis, V. lamellosa, V. libellus, V. marionensis, V. matronensis, V. meridionalis, V. multilamella, V. munsteri, V. navidadis, V. obesa, V. orbignyana, V. ovallei, V. pacifica, V. pasokensis, V. plicata, V. praecursor, V. prototypa, V. purpurissata, V. reynesi, V. ricordeana, V. robinaldina, V. sanctae-crucis, V. subbrongniartiana, V. submercenaria, V. thurmanni, V. tridacnoides, V. vassiacensis, V. venatorum, V. vendoperana, V. verrucocsa, V. verrucosa, V. verrucosus, V. vibrayeana, V. cunctata, V. lamellaris, V. hiraseana, V. ebergengyii, V. mindanensis, V. pygmaea, V. spurca, V. taiwanensis, V. yabei, V. plicatus, V. basteroti, V. foliaceolamellosa, V. tiara, V. alternans, V. fischeri, V. verrucosa, V. toreuma, V. libella, V. multilamella, V. pseudoturgida, V. alternanas, V. awadi, V. pseudoverrucosa, V. subrotunda, V. tauroverrucosa, V. toreuma, V. verrucosa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Venus (Omphaloclathrum) mekranica Vredenburg p. 454 figs. pl. 30, figs. 4, 7, 8 |
| 1950 | Antigona mekranica Eames |
| 1969 | Fimbria (Omphaloclathrum) mekranica Iqbal p. 11 |
| 1980 | Venus mekranica Iqbal p. 30 |
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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.
†Venus mekranica Vredenburg 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Pliocene or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan | Venus mekranica (77450) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Pakistan | Venus mekranica (77457) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Pakistan | Venus mekranica (77133) | |
| Pliocene | Pakistan | Antigona mekranica (77295) |