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Mactromeris albaria

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra albaria was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Spisula (Hemimactra) albaria by Packard (1916); it was recombined as Spisula albaria by Clark (1925) and Loel and Corey (1932); it was recombined as Spisula (Mactromeris) albaria by Adegoke (1969); it was recombined as Mactromeris albaria by Moore (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Mactra albaria Conrad p. 432 figs. fig. 4
1916Spisula (Hemimactra) albaria Packard p. 290 figs. Plate 24, figure 1; plate 25, figures 3 to 8
1925Spisula albaria Clark
1932Spisula albaria Loel and Corey p. 231 figs. Plate 44, figure 1
1969Spisula (Mactromeris) albaria Adegoke
2003Mactromeris albaria Moore

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusMactromerisConrad 1868
speciesalbaria(Conrad 1848)

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.

Mactromeris albaria Conrad 1848
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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 Chattian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Spisula albaria (72407 72408 219727 219733 219734 219735 219736 219755 219756 219758 219759)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) Spisula albaria (206743)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Mactra albaria (11601)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Spisula albaria (37575 37576 37577 37580 37582 37583 37585 37586 37587 37589 37590 37592)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Washington) Spisula albaria (37560)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Spisula albaria (44891 44893 44912 44921 44923)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Spisula albaria (39805)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Spisula albaria (39799 39801 39807)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Spisula albaria (44934 44936 44980)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Spisula albaria (37398 37401 37414 37415)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Spisula albaria (44098)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Spisula albaria (220194)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Spisula albaria (71146 71148 71149 71150 71152 71153)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Mactra albaria (96885 96887) Spisula albaria (194689 215294)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Spisula albaria (96571 96572 96573)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Washington) Spisula albaria (71109 71111)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Spisula albaria (71142)