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Mytilopsis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae

Taxonomy
Mytilopsis was named by Conrad (1857) [also said to be 1858]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Congeria (Mytilopsis) by Brown and Pilsbry (1913).

It was assigned to Congeria by Brown and Pilsbry (1913); and to Dreissenidae by Olsson (1931).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Mytilopsis Conrad
1913Congeria (Mytilopsis) Brown and Pilsbry
1931Mytilopsis Olsson p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilyDreissenoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDreissenidaeGray 1840
genusMytilopsisConrad 1857

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. Mytilopsis Conrad 1857
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Mytilopsis aletici Brusina 1907
Mytilopsis frici Brusina 1904
Mytilopsis jadrovi Brusina 1892
Mytilopsis lamellata Dall 1898
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Invalid names: Mytilopsis cochleata Kickx 1835 [synonym]
Mytilopsis nystiana d'Orbigny 1847
Mytilopsis sallei Récluz 1849
Mytilopsis scripta Conrad 1874
Mytilopsis trigalensis Olsson 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP/WN, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 07:32:20
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:32:20
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene48.6 - 28.4Haiti M. domingensis (173456)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru (Piura) M. trigalensis (55439)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium M. nystiana (111366 111371)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti M. domingensis (173458 173459)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria M. basteroti (77734)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) M. aquitanica (74865)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) M. ermiocenicus (18579)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Croatia M. aletici (231215) M. aletici, M. jadrovi (231211 231214 231217) M. jadrovi (231201 231202 231203 231204 231205 231206 231207 231208 231209 231210 231212 231213 231216 231218 231219 231220 231221 231222 231224 231225 231226 231227)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina M. aletici (231199) M. jadrovi (231256 231257) M. sp. (231252 231253)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Peru M. sallei (142958 143046) M. scripta, M. sallei (142959)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria M. sp. (106570)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti M. domingensis (60109)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic M. domingensis (58867)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica M. jamaicensis (58522 69090)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Congeria cochleata (80307)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) M. lamellata (79331) M. sp. (79786)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Dreissensia leucopheata (66772 66775)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. leucophaeata (96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) M. leucophaeata (41935 92776) M. leucophaneata (41939)