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Musculus glacialis

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae

Taxonomy

Modiolaria glacialis was named by Leche (1883) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Musculus glacialis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonyms

Mytilus corrugatus was named by Stimpson (1851) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Musculus corrugatus by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Brachiodontes corrugatus by Ozsvart (1999); it was replaced with Musculus glacialis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Mytilus corrugatus Stimpson p. 12
1883	Modiolaria glacialis Leche
1962	Musculus corrugatus Richards
1999	Brachiodontes corrugatus Ozsvart
2008	Musculus glacialis Hendy et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Mytilomorphi	Ferussac 1822
order	Mytilida	(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamily	Mytiloidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Crenellidae	Gray 1840
subfamily	Crenellinae	Gray 1840
genus	Musculus	Roding 1798
species	glacialis	(Leche 1883)

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.

Musculus glacialis Leche 1883

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Invalid names: Musculus corrugatus Stimpson 1851 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteg

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-11-26 08:42:29

Modified:

2009-09-09 10:26:14

Source: g = genus, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Hungary	Brachiodontes corrugatus (171636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Maine)	Musculus corrugatus (66348)