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Megapitaria aurantiaca

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea aurantiaca was named by Sowerby (1831). It is extant.

It was recombined as Megapitaria aurantiaca by Keen (1971); it was recombined as Macrocallista aurantiaca by Kern (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Cytherea aurantiaca Sowerby
1971Megapitaria aurantiaca Keen p. 176
1973Macrocallista aurantiaca Kern

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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
genusMegapitariaMeek 1876
speciesaurantiaca(Sowerby 1831)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:37:09
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:37:09
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Calabrian or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Megapitaria aurantiaca (96596)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Macrocallista aurantiaca (97639)