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Psammacoma carlottensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Macoma carlottensis was named by Whiteaves (1880). It is extant.

It was recombined as Macoma (Psammacoma) carlottensis by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Psammacoma carlottensis by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Macoma carlottensis Whiteaves p. 196B
2000Macoma (Psammacoma) carlottensis Coan et al. p. 414
2005Macoma carlottensis Powell II et al. p. 186
2021Psammacoma carlottensis Hendy

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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
genusPsammacomaLeach 1819
speciescarlottensis(Whiteaves 1880)

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.

Psammacoma carlottensis Whiteaves 1880
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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 13:36:40
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:36:40
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Macoma carlottensis (200409 223325)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Macoma carlottensis (96930 96936 96937 96939)