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Brachidontes purpuratus

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
B. adamsianus (syn. Mytilus stearnsii), B. alabamensis, B. alabamiensis, B. andinus, B. bifurcatus, B. blanckenhorni, B. domingensis, B. erosa, B. exustus, B. mississippiensis, B. modiolus (syn. Mytilus citrinus, Mytilus cubitus), B. ornatissimus, B. pectinatus, B. semilaevis, B. toechophora, B. ustulatus, B. vineyardensis, Brachyodontes charmesi, Brachyodontes convolutus, Modiolus (Brachydontes) olequahensis, Volsella (Brachidontes) dichotoma
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. araripensis, B. arcturusensis, B. arlingtonanus, B. biali, B. briarti, B. charmesi, B. ciplyana, B. citrinus, B. corrugatus, B. cossmanni, B. crebristriatus, B. crenulata, B. filisculptus, B. filisculptus microcostae, B. fulpensis, B. granulata, B. guppyi, B. jeremejewi, B. kamtschaticus, B. kovatschensis, B. lineatus, B. linguatulus, B. marginatus, B. mashikensis, B. matchgaransis, B. montensis, B. multilingera, B. nankoi, B. nonbifurcus, B. ogasawarai, B. potomacensis, B. pyriformis, B. radiatula, B. rigaulti, B. saffordi, B. sahaleurai, B. sakakurai, B. senegalensis, B. somalicus, B. stubbsi, B. suberosus, B. taurinensis, B. tenuisculpta, B. texanus, B. vectiensis, B. couloni, B. subpectinatus, B. fulpensis, B. grammatus, B. ortmanni, B. rodriguezi, B. vetustus

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMytilinaeRafinesque 1815
genusBrachidontesSwainson 1840
speciespurpuratus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina Brachidontes purpuratus (71605 71606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Brachidontes purpuratus (71607 71610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Brachidontes purpuratus (65823 71675 71676)