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Macoma (Macoma) virginiana
Taxonomy
Macoma virginiana was named by Conrad (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Macoma (Macoma) virginiana by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Macoma (Macoma) virginiana by Hendy et al. (2008).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. aomoriensis, M. arcata, M. arcatata, M. arnoldi, M. asagaiensis, M. brevifrons, M. calcaria, M. chulgunensis, M. cuspidata, M. dispar, M. erycinoides, M. gorenlandica, M. gracilis, M. groenlandica, M. inclinata, M. indentata, M. irma, M. izurensis, M. kamtschatica, M. karaginskiensis, M. kirkinskaja, M. lipara, M. lissonii, M. litoralis, M. lorenzoensis, M. middendorffii, M. nagaoi, M. nasuta, M. nasuta, M. nigeriensis, M. nipponica, M. optiva, M. orbicularis, M. orientalis, M. osacamensis, M. panamensis, M. parabilella, M. planiuscula, M. planiusculus, M. plebeia, M. poretschiensis, M. praeorbiculata, M. praetexta, M. pseudomera, M. ralpha, M. ralphi, M. rekinnensis, M. sachalinensis, M. scalaroides, M. scarlotoi, M. sectior, M. sejugata, M. seminuda, M. simiensis, M. spambergensis, M. subulosa, M. tenta, M. tokyoense, M. tokyoensis, M. truncatoides, M. uruuayensis, M. vasiljevskii, M. vialovi, M. vicksburgensis, M. virginicana, M. yoldiiformis, M. talahabensis, M. telahabensis, M. vendryesi, M. vancouverensis, M. izurensis, M. moesta, M. moesta, M. nipponica, M. optiva, M. perplana, M. petalum, M. praetexta, M. sejugata, M. tokyoensis, M. holmesii, M. hosfordensis, M. hybrida, M. tagua, M. sectior, M. shiratoriensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Macoma virginiana Conrad p. 76 |
| 1943 | Macoma virginiana Gardner p. 98 |
| 2008 | Macoma (Macoma) virginiana Hendy et al. |
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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.
†Macoma (Macoma) virginiana Conrad 1866
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†Macoma virginiana conradi Dall 1900
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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: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (South Carolina) | Macoma virginiana (60939) |