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Crenellidae

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae

Taxonomy
Crenellidae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mytiloidea by Carter et al. (2011) and Hickman (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Crenellidae Gray
2011Crenellidae Carter et al. p. 6
2023Crenellidae Hickman p. 4

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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
familyCrenellidaeGray 1840
familyCrenellidaeGray 1840

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.

Fm. Crenellidae Gray 1840
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G. Crenella Brown 1827
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†Crenella cocentrica Gabb 1864
†Crenella decussata Montagu 1808
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Invalid names: Crenella divaricata d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym], Crenella ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym]
†Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
Crenella elliptica Brown 1827
†Crenella fenestra Dockery 1982
Crenella glandula Totten 1834
†Crenella gubernatoria Glenn 1904
†Crenella inflata Muller 1847
Crenella inflata Carpenter 1864
†Crenella kannoi Marincovich, Jr. 1993
†Crenella latifrons Conrad 1860
†Crenella maylandensis Russell and Landes 1937
†Crenella porterensis Weaver 1916
†Crenella santana Cooper 1894
†Crenella serica Conrad 1860
†Crenella subfornicata Nagao 1928
†Crenella virida Glenn 1904
†Crenella washingtonensis Weaver 1916
Invalid names: Hippagus Lea 1833 [synonym]
Subfm. Crenellinae Gray 1840
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G. Fungiacava Soot-Ryen 1969
G. Gregariella Monterosato 1883
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†Gregariella amara Griffin et al. 2008
Gregariella chenui Récluz 1842
Gregariella coarctata Carpenter 1857
G. Musculus Roding 1798 [mussel]
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Subg. Musculus (Musculus) Moore 1983
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Subg. Musculus (Ryenella) Fleming 1959
Subg. †Musculus (Skarlatella) Glibert and Poel 1965
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†Musculus balcombei Pritchard 1901
†Musculus delicatula Fletcher 1938
Musculus discors Linnaeus 1767
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Invalid names: Musculus substriata Gray 1824 [synonym]
Musculus glacialis Leche 1883
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Invalid names: Musculus corrugatus Stimpson 1851 [replaced]
†Musculus kryshtofovitschi Krishtofovich 1964
Musculus nanulus Thiele 1930
Musculus nanus Dunker 1856
Musculus niger Gray 1824
†Musculus sorgenfreii Anderson 1967
†Musculus viridulus Adams 1871
Invalid names: Lanistina Gray 1847 [synonym]
G. Solamen Iredale 1924 [crenella]
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Subg. Solamen (Exosiperna) Iredale 1929
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Solamen leana Dall 1897
Solamen megas Dall 1902
Solamen rex Iredale 1924
†Solamen snaverlyi Addicott 1976
Invalid names: Megacrenella Habe and Ito 1965 [synonym]
G. Vilasina Scarlato 1960 [crenella]
Invalid names: Crenellini Gray 1840 [empty], Dacrydiini Ockelmann 1983 [empty], Trichomyinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [synonym]
Subfm. Musculinae Iredale 1939
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G. Modiolarca Gray 1843
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Modiolarca impacta Hermann 1782
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:32:58
Modified: 2010-02-16 03:14:17
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Holocene or 170.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.3 Ma

Collections (619 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Jordan Musculus sp. (35355)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Poland Musculus pulcherrimus (124923)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13863)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Musculus somaliensis (94494) Mytilus somaliensis (93482 93490)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Musculus somaliensis (234953)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13813 13858 13866 13898 13901 13950 13951 13952)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia Mytilus somaliensis (93013 93017 93020 94546)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ethiopia (Afar) Mytilus somaliensis (92924)
Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian166.1 - 155.7Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13688)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13607 13608 13609 13661 13668 13676)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian164.7 - 157.3Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13504)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13953)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Musculus somaliensis (234934 234955)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Ethiopia Musculus somaliensis (93858 93869)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Tanzania Musculus kindopeensis (36301 36304)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Musculus biscathorpensis (69136) Musculus fischerianus (69134)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Greenland Musculus fisherianus (1234)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Musculus autissiodorensis (13368 13377 13393 13394 13399)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Musculus fischerianus (69135 69137)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Musculus biscathorpensis, Musculus zakharovi (69126)