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Macoma constricta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Synonyms
  • Psammobia cayenensis was named by Lamarck (1818) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; cicum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Tellina cayenensis by Holmes (1858); it was synonymized subjectively with Macoma constricta by Hendy et al. (2008).
  • Tellina lateralis was named by Say (1826) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Macoma constricta by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Solen constrictus Bruguière
1818Psammobia cayenensis Lamarck
1826Tellina lateralis Say
1858Tellina cayenensis Holmes p. 47
2008Macoma constricta Hendy et al.

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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
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMacomaLeach 1819
speciesconstricta(Bruguière 1792)

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.

Macoma constricta Bruguière 1792
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Invalid names: Psammobia cayenensis Lamarck 1818 [synonym], Tellina lateralis Say 1826 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:44:14
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:16:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Macoma constricta (58869)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Macoma constricta (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Macoma constricta (195917 195928)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Macoma constricta (57704)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela Macoma constricta (66753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Macoma constricta (66755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Macoma constricta (41935 41940 92774 92776)