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Taxonomy
Meretrix was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Meretricinae.
It was reranked as Cytherea (Meretrix) by Conrad (1855).
It was assigned to Cytherea by Conrad (1855); to Veneridae by Woods (1922), Packard (1922) and Nagao (1928); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Meretricinae by Vokes (1980), Pugaczewska (1984), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Mendir et al. (2021).
It was reranked as Cytherea (Meretrix) by Conrad (1855).
It was assigned to Cytherea by Conrad (1855); to Veneridae by Woods (1922), Packard (1922) and Nagao (1928); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Meretricinae by Vokes (1980), Pugaczewska (1984), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Mendir et al. (2021).
Species
M. bosworthi, M. cornelli, M. dalli, M. decisa, M. desvauxi, M. gabbi, M. hikoshimensis, M. indica, M. landesi, M. longa, M. macbeani, M. marshana, M. mortoni, M. negritosensis, M. neusensis, M. nuttalliopsis, M. persica, M. pittsburgensis, M. profunda, M. pseudomeretrix, M. shantii, M. stantoni, M. subimpressa, M. sylvaerupis, M. tularana, M. uniomeris, M. yoakumi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1799 | Meretrix Lamarck |
| 1855 | Cytherea (Meretrix) Conrad p. 72 |
| 1922 | Meretrix Packard p. 423 |
| 1922 | Meretrix Woods p. 72 |
| 1928 | Meretrix Nagao p. 65 |
| 1980 | Meretrix Vokes p. 169 |
| 1984 | Meretrix Pugaczewska p. 55 |
| 2002 | Meretrix Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Meretrix Bouchet et al. |
| 2021 | Meretrix Mendir et al. p. 19 |
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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.
G. Meretrix Lamarck 1799
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†Meretrix bosworthi Woods 1922
†Meretrix cornelli Harris 1895
†Meretrix dalli Dickerson 1914
†Meretrix decisa Conrad 1855
†Meretrix desvauxi Coquand 1862
†Meretrix gabbi Arnold 1909
†Meretrix hikoshimensis Okamoto and Sakai 1995
†Meretrix indica Cox 1930
†Meretrix landesi Weaver 1912
†Meretrix longa Gabb 1864
†Meretrix macbeani Harris 1919
†Meretrix marshana Anderson 1958
†Meretrix mortoni Contrad 1834
†Meretrix negritosensis Woods 1922
†Meretrix neusensis Harris 1919
†Meretrix nuttalliopsis Heilprin 1878
†Meretrix persica Cox 1936
†Meretrix pittsburgensis Dall 1900
†Meretrix profunda Conrad 1854
†Meretrix pseudomeretrix Nagao 1928
†Meretrix shantii Abbass 1972
†Meretrix stantoni Dickerson 1914
†Meretrix subimpressa Conrad 1848
†Meretrix sylvaerupis Harris 1919
†Meretrix tularana Conrad 1855
†Meretrix uniomeris Conrad 1855
†Meretrix yoakumi Gabb 1861
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 139.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (139 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valanginian - Hauterivian | Chile (Coquimbo) | M. sp. (221557) | |
| Cenomanian | United Arab Emirates | M. faba (3790 3791) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria | M. desvauxi (220822) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | Egypt | M. desvauxi (150675) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Algeria | M. desvauxi (220827) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | M. desvauxi (140242) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Egypt | M. desvauxi (150676) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Egypt | M. desvauxi (140275 140277 140587 140588) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Israel | M. sp. (80984 80985 80986 80987 80988 80990 80992 80993 80995 80996 80997) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Tennessee) | M. cretacea, M. eufaulensis (88357) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | M. sp. (7597) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Tennessee) | M. cretacea, M. eufaulensis, M. sp. (205445) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (California) | M. marshana (225034) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | M. chalcedonica (74185) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Egypt | M. rholfsi (46599) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Egypt (Nile Valley) | M. rohlfsi (3593) M. rolhfsi (3594) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Egypt (Western Desert) | M. rohlfsi (3139 3140 3144 3148) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | Egypt (Western Desert) | M. pectinata (3133 3138) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | M. chalcedonica (74131 74135 74137 74138 74147 74148 74149 74150 74153 74156 74161 74169 74172 133179) | |
| Danian | USA (Alabama) | M. sp. (90612) | |
| Danian | Libya | M. sp. (77235) | |
| Danian - Selandian | Argentina (Chubut) | M. chalcedonica (57167) | |
| Danian - Selandian | USA (Alabama) | M. ripleyana (35081) | |
| Paleocene | USA (California) | M. dalli (190786) M. sp. (190791 190796) M. stantoni (11117 190778 190779 190790) M. stantoni, M. dalli (190795 190798) | |
| Paleocene | Argentina | M. rothi, M. australis, M. antarctica (99258) | |
| Selandian | USA (California) | M. sp. (184016) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Pakistan (North-West Frontier) | M. indica (52132) | |
| Thanetian | USA (California) | M. stantoni (52612 52613) | |
| Thanetian - Ypresian | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | M. sp. (101940) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Maryland) | Cytherea subimpressa (55255) | |
| Ypresian | Pakistan | M. baluchistanensis (145131) | |
| Ypresian | France | M. custugensis (59788) | |
| Ypresian | Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) | M. shantii (42459) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | M. sp. (122337) | |
| Eocene | USA (California) | M. sp. (190801) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Hungary | M. sp. (78009) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (California) | M. sp. (211017) | |
| Lutetian | Spain | M. incrassata (165187) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | M. sp., M. stantoni, M. dalli (211023) | |
| Lutetian | Senegal | M. arnaudi (40798) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Japan (Hyogo) | M. sp. (102034 102039) | |
| Middle Eocene | Hungary | M. sp. (78019) | |
| Middle Eocene | Indonesia | M. puruensis (70082 79524) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | India (S.W. Kutch) | M. sp. (13521) | |
| Bartonian | Croatia | M. hilarionis (124371 124372) M. striatissima, M. hilarionis (124309) M. striatissima, M. incrassata (124308) | |
| Bartonian | Poland | M. incrassata (49751) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | M. hungarica (78565) M. sp. (78617) | |
| Priabonian | USA (North Carolina) | Callista neusensis (5365) | |
| Priabonian | Trinidad and Tobago | M. subimpressa, M. nuttalliopsis (80172) | |
| Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | Callista neusensis (5362 5363) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (South Carolina) | Callista neusensis (5364) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Somalia | M. transversa (78566) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | India | M. agrestis (78616) | |
| Rupelian | USA (North Carolina) | Callista neusensis (98979) | |
| Oligocene | Italy | M. splendida, M. exintermedia (86951) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | M. hikoshimensis (51454 51455 51456) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (North Carolina) | Callista neusensis (71652) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Ecuador (Guayas) | M. canoasensis (61203) | |
| Chattian | Israel | M. ovisimilis, M. sp. (99564) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Peru | M. negritosensis (93740) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Japan | M. sp. (70876 70877) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | M. meretrix, M. persica (78641) M. n. sp., M. persica (72084) | |
| Langhian | Japan | M. arugai (44961) M. lamarckii (44959) | |
| Langhian | Japan (Hokkaido) | M. ninohensis (77918) M. sp. (77921) | |
| Middle Miocene | India | M. sp., M. persica (78614) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan | M. minohensis (70302) | |
| Middle Miocene | Saudi Arabia | M. sp. (197924) | |
| Tortonian | Cyprus | M. sp. (34690) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | M. acuticosta (71926) M. cordiformis (70083) M. javana (70077) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Iran | M. persica (79065) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Japan | M. sp. (97031) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | M. acuticosta (71925) | |
| Pliocene | Italy | M. islandicoides (72303) | |
| Pliocene | Papua New Guinea | M. trigona (78263) | |
| Pliocene | Pakistan | M. meretrix (55398) M. pseudoumbonella (77295) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Philippines (Panay) | M. meretrix (41650) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Indonesia (East Java) | M. sp. (96670) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | M. tumens (127361) | |
| Pleistocene | Japan | M. lamarckii (97028) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain | M. chiona (128324) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | M. chione (127615) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | M. tumens (127358) |