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Mytilaster

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Mytilaster is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); to Mytilidae by Schneider et al. (2005); and to Mytilinae by Griffin et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Mytilaster Sepkoski
2005Mytilaster Schneider et al. p. 114
2008Mytilaster Griffin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
genusMytilaster

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.

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Subg. †Mytilaster (Persiaster) Repin 2008
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Mytilaster edseli Griffin et al. 2008
Mytilaster lineatus Gmelin 1791
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: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 05:18:14
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:27:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 174.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.4 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.1 - 168.4Iran (Tabas area) M. ancestralis (141250)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) M. edseli (106079 106083 106085)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland M. volhynicus (51689 51690)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria M. volhynicus (60288)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan M. volhynicus (174760)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine M. sp. (70569)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland M. volhynicus (70683)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Crimea) M. volhynicus (194983)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Ukraine (Crimea) M. volhynicus (194986)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Turkey M. lineatus (78332 78333)