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Mercenaria cuneata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Mercenaria cuneata was named by Conrad (1869). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Mercenaria cuneata Conrad
1992Mercenaria cuneata Ward p. 108
2008Mercenaria cuneata Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusMercenariaSchumacher 1817
speciescuneataConrad 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.

Mercenaria cuneata Conrad 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:37:21
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:37:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Mercenaria cuneata (type locality: 55396 60376 70830 70832 70844 70845 70846 71638 71639)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Mercenaria cuneata (71642 71643)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Mercenaria cuneata (71631 71635)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Mercenaria cuneata (51727 59302 59305)