Source Data | |
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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Mactridae : Mactra : Mactra ovalis |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Mactra ovalis | species | belongs to Mactra | stated with evidence | Sowerby, 1817 |
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Status (PBDB) | extant |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma Neogene |
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Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Mactra) |
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Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Mactra) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. V. Woods. 1850. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca, or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper tertiaries of the East of England. Part II. Bivalves |
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