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Botula cinnamomeus

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Modiola cinnamomea was named by Lamarck (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene-Recent; Cosmopolitan]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Modiolus (Botula) cinnamomeus by Dall (1898) and Cooke (1919); it was recombined as Botula cinnamomeus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. carolinensis, B. similoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Modiola cinnamomea Lamarck p. 114
1835Modiola cinnamomea Lamarck p. 797
1898Modiolus (Botula) cinnamomeus Dall p. 797
1919Modiolus (Botula) cinnamomeus Cooke
2008Botula cinnamomeus Hendy et al.

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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
subfamilyModiolinae(Termier and Termier 1950)
genusBotulaMörch 1853
speciescinnamomeus(Lamarck 1819)

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.

Botula cinnamomeus Lamarck 1819
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: intermediatef
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanic, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yessubf
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:49:15
Modified: 2009-10-10 16:28:54
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Modiolus cinnamomeus (60985 61051 61100 61102 61107 61110 61111 61124)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Modiolus cinnamomeus (75302 75310)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Modiolus cinnamomeus (41760)