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Macoma (Rexithaerus) vanvlecki

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Macoma vanvlecki was named by Arnold (1909). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 165576, a shell.

It was synonymized subjectively with Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Macoma (Rexithaerus) vanvlecki by Moore (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Macoma vanvlecki Arnold pp. 65 - 66 figs. Plate XII, figure 2; Plate XVI, figure 1
1910Macoma vanvlecki Arnold p. 65
2003Macoma (Rexithaerus) vanvlecki Moore figs. plate 7, figure 2

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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)
speciesvanvlecki()

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.

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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 13:35:58
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:35:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.60800 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Macoma vanvlecki (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Macoma vanvlecki (216867 216868 216869)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Macoma vanvlecki (206373 220194)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Macoma vanvlecki (216903)