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Merisca

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)95002https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=95002
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Merisca
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CardioniFerussac 1822
-CardiidiaFerussac 1822
-CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
-CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMerisca(Dall 1900)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Meriscasubgenusbelongs to Tellinasecond handDall, 1900
Meriscasubgenusbelongs to Tellinastated with evidenceGardner, 1947
Meriscagenusbelongs to Tellininaestated with evidenceVokes, 1980
Meriscasubgenusbelongs to Tellinastated with evidenceWoodring, 1982
Meriscagenusbelongs to Tellinidaestated with evidenceTodd, 2001
Meriscagenusbelongs to Veneroidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
Extant Size (PBDB)6 (75%)
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Merisca)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Merisca)
Ecospace CommentsLIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Tellinidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Merisca martinicensis
species		listed (PBDB)10.13 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Merisca nasua ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata
species		listed (PBDB)1020.4 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
Tellina (Merisca) cristallina
species		listed (PBDB)511.6 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
Tellina (Merisca) lyra
species		listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Tellina (Merisca) pycna ✝
species		listed (PBDB)228.4 Ma
Oligocene		28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Tellina (Merisca) reclusa
species		listed (PBDB)12.59 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1900Tellina (Merisca) Dall p. 191
1947Tellina (Merisca) Gardner p. 191
1961Lyratellina Olsson
1980Merisca Vokes p. 143
1982Tellina (Merisca) Woodring p. 658
2001Merisca Todd
2002Lyratellina Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Merisca Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709
Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F
Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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