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Cymbophora stantoni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy

Mactra stantoni was named by Arnold (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 31001, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cymbophora stantoni by Anderson (1958), Saul (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. appressa, C. araucana, C. asburnerii, C. berryi, C. cancellosa, C. canonensis, C. conradi, C. emmonsi, C. ezoensis, C. gracilis, C. hetonaiensis, C. holmesi, C. huerfanensis, C. inflata, C. lintea, C. puteana, C. saccellana, C. scabellum, C. schucherti, C. securis, C. simpsonensis, C. spooneri, C. subtilis, C. tellinoides, C. trigonalis, C. utahensis, C. wordeni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1908	Mactra stantoni Arnold p. 357 figs. Plate XXXI, fig. 3
1916	Mactra stantoni Packard p. 311
1958	Cymbophora stantoni Anderson p. 145
1974	Cymbophora stantoni Saul p. 1076 figs. P1. 1, figs. 5-7; Pl. 2, fig. 4, Pl. 3, figs. 3-6; Table 1

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Mactroidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Mactridae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Mactrinae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Cymbophora
species	stantoni	()

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.

†Cymbophora stantoni Arnold 1908

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (California)	Cymbophora stantoni (185391)
Santonian - Campanian	85.7 - 72.2	USA (California)	Cymbophora stantoni (185400 185414)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Cymbophora stantoni (168010)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Cymbophora stantoni (3890 69313 86790 210584)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Cymbophora ashburnerii (72057 214144) Cymbophora stantoni (185168)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Cymbophora stantoni (144763 144764 144770 144772 167824)