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Mactrellona

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286437	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286437
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17860	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17860

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Mactrellona

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Mactridae : Mactrellona

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Mactroidea
family	Mactridae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Mactrinae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Mactrellona	Marks 1951

Scientific Name

Mactrellona Marks, 1951

Name Published In

Marks, J. G. (1951). Miocene stratigraphy and paleontology of southwestern Ecuador. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 33(139):1(271)-162(432), pls. 1(43)-9(51).

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mactrellona	genus	belongs to Mactrinae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1982
Mactrellona	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (75%)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mactra tumbezia species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mactrellona alata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Mactrellona clisia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mactrellona exoleta species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Mactrellona subalata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mactrellona tumbezia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1915	Mactrellona Marks
1982	Mactrellona Woodring p. 649
2002	Mactrellona Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

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

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Marks, J. G. (1951). Miocene stratigraphy and paleontology of southwestern Ecuador. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 33(139):1(271)-162(432), pls. 1(43)-9(51). - via World Register of Marine Species

Signorelli, J. H. (2012). The molluscan genera Mactrella and Mactrinula: Taxonomic revision and redescription of type species. Malacologia. 55(2): 191-202. - via World Register of Marine Species

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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