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Macoma (Rexithaerus)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Rexithaerus Conrad
1925Macoma (Rexithaerus) Oldroyd p. 7
1944Macoma (Rexithaerus) Durham p. 149
2001Macoma (Rexithaerus) Todd
2002Rexithaerus Sepkoski
2003Macoma (Rexithaerus) Moore

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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
subgenusRexithaerus(Conrad 1869)

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.

Subg. Macoma (Rexithaerus) Conrad 1869
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Macoma (Rexithaerus) sespeensis Loel and Corey 1932
Rexithaerus expansa Carpenter 1864
Rexithaerus secta Conrad 1837
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Invalid names: Macoma edulis Carpenter 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:35:58
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:35:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Macoma rosa (185193)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Macoma rosa (200849)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Macoma rosa (200716 200727 200767 201698 205253 207156 207182)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) Macoma indentata (208177)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Macoma secta (37576)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Alaska) Macoma secta (195953)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Macoma copelandi (44921 167645) Macoma secta (94853)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Macoma shiratoriensis (176560)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Macoma copelandi (206393)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Macoma sectior, Macoma andersoni (50037)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Macoma andersoni, Macoma diabloensis (44984) Macoma copelandi, Macoma panzana (44929 220066) Macoma panzana (44980)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Macoma vanvlecki (49978)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Macoma sp. (74934 74935)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333USA (California) Macoma indentata (97234)
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.62 - 2.588USA (California) Macoma indentata (188305)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333New Zealand Angulus spenceri (45030)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Macoma andersoni (44425) Macoma diabloensis (164674)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Macoma secta (19342)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Macoma indentata (194801 195029 195034) Macoma secta (194895 195032) Macoma secta, Macoma indentata (194894)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Macoma indentata (39333 39395)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Macoma indentata (97208 97210 97230 97235 97236 97241 97401) Macoma secta, Macoma indentata (97242 97404) Macoma secta, Macoma vanvlecki (206373) Macoma vanvlecki (220194)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Macoma secta (215435 216865) Macoma vanvlecki (216867 216868 216869 216903)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Macoma secta, Macoma nasuta (96571)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Macoma indentata (207642 207649 207652 207690) Macoma secta (207716)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Macoma secta (96590)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Macoma indentata (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Macoma indentata (138723) Macoma secta (222663 222664 222995 222998 223304)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Zealand (Wellington) Rexithaerus spenceri (94818)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Macoma secta, Macoma edulis, Macoma expansa (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Macoma expansa (37672) Macoma secta (22632 203417 222659 222662 222674 223045) Macoma secta, Macoma indentata (59063 96566 96895 160361 219029 219030 222660 222661)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Macoma indentata (34934)