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Taxonomy
Meretrix sphericula was named by Basedow (1902). It is extant.
It was recombined as Anodontia sphericula by Ludbrook (1959), Ludbrook (1983), Taylor and Glover (2009).
It was recombined as Anodontia sphericula by Ludbrook (1959), Ludbrook (1983), Taylor and Glover (2009).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1902 | Meretrix sphericula Basedow p. 141 figs. pl. 2, fig. 2 |
| 1959 | Anodontia sphericula Ludbrook p. 227 |
| 1983 | Anodontia sphericula Ludbrook pp. 40-41 |
| 2009 | Anodontia sphericula Taylor and Glover p. 95 |
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Anodontia sphericula Basedow 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | Australia (Western Australia) | Anodontia sphericula (34467 34468) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Anodontia sphericula (63353) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Anodontia sphericula (63379) |