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Mysella

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Mysella Angas
1980Mysella Vokes p. 113
1987Mysella Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1990Mysella Beu et al. p. 397
1992Mysella Moore pp. E8 - E9
1998Mysella Lamprell and Healy p. 160
1999Mysella Wienrich p. 232
2002Mysella Sepkoski
2005Mysella Marquet
2005Mysella Schneider et al. p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyLeptonoidea(Gray 1847)
familyMontacutidaeClark 1855
genusMysellaAngas 1877

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.

G. Mysella Angas 1877
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Subg. Mysella (Mysella) Angas 1877
Subg. Mysella (Rochefortia) Velain 1877
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Rochefortia aleutica Dall 1899 [Aleutian mysella]
Rochefortia dawsoni Jeffreys 1864
Rochefortia reyana Willett 1937
Mysella beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Mysella ovata Hedley 1906
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Invalid names: Calvitium glabra Laseron 1953 [synonym]
Mysella trigonoelliptica Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: WU, MA, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 07:25:43
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:25:43
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) M. sp. (205466)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) M. minuta (92352)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica M. trigonoelliptica (72405)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica (Seymour Island) M. trigonoelliptica (63551)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) M. dalli (90600)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria M. fontemaggi, M. truncata (60288)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) M. anomala (63433) M. anomala, M. tellinoides (63439)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) M. sp. (135816 135822)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela M. planulata (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) M. sp. (61336)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ecuador (Manabi) M. sp. (51878)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Rochefortia sp. (237590)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) M. bladenensis (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) M. beaufortensis (58897) M. stantoni (59318) M. stantoni, M. velaini, M. majorina (59316)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greenland Montacuta dawsoni (75099)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Antarctica M. sp. (48433 48436)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Rochefortia similis (122941)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) M. velaini (59313)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Rochefortia aleutica (201624) Rochefortia sp. (237610)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand M. larochei (178187)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) M. planulata (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan M. japonica, M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) M. velaini (60923 60928)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) M. sp. (96708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) M. planulata (66751 66752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. planulata (61311 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) M. aleutica (96566) Rochefortia reyana, Rochefortia aleutica (59063 160361 219029)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) M. planulata (66720 66721)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) M. sp. (92524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica M. gibbosa (215322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina M. miniuscula (71601 71602)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) M. planulata (51005)