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Modiolus bipartitus

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby

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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
genusModiolus(Lamarck 1801)
speciesbipartitusSowerby 1818

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.

†Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818
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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: yesg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 15:52:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:25:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hettangian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 201.30000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (81 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Germany Modiolus bipartitus (28867)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Germany Modiolus bipartitus (28869)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Modiolus bipartitus (45266 48105 48106)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Modiolus bipartitus (48142 48317)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Late/Upper Bajocian167.7 - 167.7France Modiolus bipartitus (8834)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation Modiolus bipartitus (68345 68347 68350 68353)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Modiolus bipartitus (96187)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Modiolus bipartitus (96147)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tanzania Modiolus bipartitus (36435)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Modiolus bipartitus (2562 2589 2600 2603 2604 2605 2610)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Modiolus bipartitus (45538 45539 48585 48586 48588 48589 48593 48594 48596 48598 48599 48604 48605)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Modiolus bipartitus (98125)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Modiolus bipartitus (234934)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Modiolus bipartitus (2555 2592 2595)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Modiolus bipartitus (1559 1568 1606 1607 1608 1900 1904 1909 1917 1920 2098)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Modiolus bipartitus (5936)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Modiolus bipartitus (8654 8655 8836)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Modiolus bipartitus (5937)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Normandy) Modiolus bipartitus (4780)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Normandy) Modiolus bipartitus (4903 4904 4908 4917 4919 4921 4923 5238 5245 5246)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain Modiolus bipartitus (142587)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Modiolus bipartitus (4860 4906 4907 4920)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Japan (Fukushima) Modiolus bipartitus (40546)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Tanzania Modiolus bipartitus (36279)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Greenland Modiolus bipartitus (1202 1203 1234 1236 1240 1407 1409)