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Musculus (mussel)
Taxonomy
Musculus was named by Roding (1798). It is extant.
It was assigned to Crenellinae by Moore (1983), Coan et al. (2000); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); to Musculinae by Spencer et al. (2004); and to Mytilidae by Vokes (1980), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Wienrich (1999), Todd (2001), Mikkelsen (2006).
It was assigned to Crenellinae by Moore (1983), Coan et al. (2000); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); to Musculinae by Spencer et al. (2004); and to Mytilidae by Vokes (1980), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Wienrich (1999), Todd (2001), Mikkelsen (2006).
Species
Lanistina arcacea, Lanistina corioensis, M. (Musculus), M. (Ryenella), M. (Skarlatella), M. (Undatimusculus), M. balcombei, M. delicatula, M. discors (syn. M. substriata), M. glacialis (syn. M. corrugatus), M. kryshtofovitschi, M. nanulus, M. nanus, M. niger, M. somaliensis, M. sorgenfreii, M. viridulus
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. analogus, M. aprilis, M. aprilis, M. autissiodorensis, M. biformis, M. biscathorpensis, M. carlotae, M. conditus, M. costulatus, M. fischerianus, M. fisherianus, M. gatuevi, M. incrassatus, M. kindopeensis, M. kryshtofovichi, M. laevigatus, M. lateralis, M. michali, M. naviculoides, M. naviculoides, M. neglecta, M. philippii, M. praeniger, M. pulcherrimus, M. sarmaticus, M. saucatsensis, M. sibiricus, M. snatolensis, M. sternbergensis, M. strajeskianus, M. striatocostatus, M. subpictus, M. vincenti, M. virginica, M. voroninae, M. zakharovi
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1798 | Musculus Roding |
| 1847 | Lanistina Gray |
| 1980 | Musculus Vokes p. 26 |
| 1983 | Musculus Moore p. A72 |
| 1987 | Musculus Ward and Blackwelder p. 129 |
| 1998 | Musculus Lamprell and Healy p. 88 |
| 1999 | Musculus Wienrich p. 215 |
| 2000 | Musculus Coan et al. p. 167 |
| 2001 | Musculus Todd |
| 2002 | Musculus Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Musculus Spencer et al. |
| 2006 | Musculus Mikkelsen p. 162 |
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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. Musculus Roding 1798 [mussel]
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Subg. Musculus (Ryenella) Fleming 1959
Subg. †Musculus (Skarlatella) Glibert and Poel 1965
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†Musculus (Skarlatella) seminudus Deshayes 1830
Subg. †Musculus (Undatimusculus)
†Musculus balcombei Pritchard 1901
†Musculus delicatula Fletcher 1938
†Musculus kryshtofovitschi Krishtofovich 1964
Musculus nanulus Thiele 1930
Musculus nanus Dunker 1856
Musculus niger Gray 1824
†Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935
†Musculus sorgenfreii Anderson 1967
†Musculus viridulus Adams 1871
Invalid names: Lanistina Gray 1847 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Holocene or 170.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.2 Ma
Collections (177 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bajocian | Jordan | Musculus sp. (35355) | |
| Bathonian | Poland | Musculus pulcherrimus (124923) | |
| Callovian | Tunisia | Musculus somaliensis (13863) | |
| Callovian | Saudi Arabia | Musculus somaliensis (234953) | |
| Callovian | Ethiopia | Musculus somaliensis (94494) Mytilus somaliensis (93482 93490) | |
| Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian | Tunisia | Musculus somaliensis (13607 13608 13609 13661 13668 13676) | |
| Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian | Tunisia | Musculus somaliensis (13688) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Somalia | Mytilus somaliensis (93013 93017 93020 94546) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Tunisia | Musculus somaliensis (13813 13858 13866 13898 13901 13950 13951 13952) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Ethiopia (Afar) | Mytilus somaliensis (92924) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian | Tunisia | Musculus somaliensis (13504) | |
| Oxfordian | Tunisia | Musculus somaliensis (13953) | |
| Oxfordian | Saudi Arabia | Musculus somaliensis (234934 234955) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Ethiopia | Musculus somaliensis (93858 93869) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Tanzania | Musculus kindopeensis (36301 36304) | |
| Middle Tithonian | Germany | Musculus autissiodorensis (13368 13377 13393 13394 13399) | |
| Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Musculus biscathorpensis (69136) Musculus fischerianus (69134) | |
| Tithonian | Greenland | Musculus fisherianus (1234) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Musculus fischerianus (69135 69137) | |
| Berriasian | Russian Federation | Musculus sibiricus (2450 2456 2459 2460) Musculus sp. (2457) Musculus strajeskianus (2492) | |
| Late/Upper Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Musculus biscathorpensis, Musculus zakharovi (69126) | |
| Early/Lower Valanginian | Russian Federation | Musculus sibiricus (189635 189638) Musculus sp. (189621) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | Russian Federation | Musculus sibiricus (189644 189647 189648) | |
| Valanginian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Musculus sibiricus (2466 2473) | |
| Valanginian | Russian Federation | Musculus sibiricus, Musculus sp. (2493) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Musculus striatocostatus (6280) | |
| Turonian | Jordan | Musculus sp. (154978) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (California) | Musculus sp. (185368) | |
| Maastrichtian | Libya | Musculus michali (1370) | |
| Maastrichtian | Tunisia | Musculus michali (1365) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Musculus sp. (74010 74013 74019 74027 74039 74070 74074 74085 74090) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Musculus aprilis (105859 106083) | |
| Danian | Belgium | Musculus vincenti (22931) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Musculus carlotae (42918 42920) | |
| Thanetian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Musculus sp. (226627 226629) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (California) | Musculus sp. (52830) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Musculus sp. (8047) | |
| Lutetian | Egypt | Musculus sp. (3292) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Russian Federation | Musculus snatolensis (50051) | |
| Middle Eocene | Hungary | Brachiodontes corrugatus (171636) | |
| Bartonian | USA (California) | Musculus sp. (52805 52827) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Russian Federation | Musculus snatolensis (70518) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Essonne) | Musculus analogus (9067 9072 9073) | |
| Chattian | Hungary | Musculus philippii (8211) | |
| Chattian | Denmark (Jutland) | Musculus sp. (9176) | |
| Aquitanian | France (Aquitaine) | Musculus saucatsensis, Musculus sp. (74865) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Russian Federation | Musculus kryshtofovitschi (50050) | |
| Aquitanian - Serravallian | Russian Federation | Musculus kryshtofovitschi (50171) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | French Southern Territories (Kerguelen Island) | Musculus delicatula (209847) Mytilus magellanicus (209848) | |
| Burdigalian - Serravallian | Russian Federation | Musculus kryshtofovitschi (50141) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Russian Federation | Musculus kryshtofovitschi (50037) Musculus praeniger (50038) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Netherlands | Musculus sorgenfreii (186883 186884) | |
| Middle Miocene | Poland | Musculus biformis (51689 51690) Musculus biformis, Musculus sp. (70539) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Musculus sorgenfreii (62885) Musculus sternbergensis (61896) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation | Musculus kryshtofovichi (45448) Musculus kryshtofovitschi (70446 70562) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Modiolaria corioensis (72206) | |
| Middle Miocene | Bulgaria | Musculus conditus (60288) | |
| Middle Miocene | Croatia | Musculus sarmaticus (68213) | |
| Middle Miocene | Iran | Musculus naviculoides, Musculus sp. (77194 77195) Musculus sp. (77196 77200) | |
| Langhian - Tortonian | Russian Federation | Musculus niger (50048) | |
| Serravallian | Kazakhstan | Musculus naviculoides (174760) | |
| Serravallian | Poland | Musculus sarmaticus, Musculus gatuevi, Musculus voroninae (70683) | |
| Serravallian | Romania | Musculus sarmaticus (70570 70575 70617 70618) | |
| Sarmatian | Romania | Musculus sarmaticus, Musculus incrassatus (72302) | |
| Sarmatian | Iran | Musculus sarmaticus, Musculus sp. (77234) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Alaska) | Musculus niger (37387 37401 37410) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation | Musculus kryshtofovitschi (70478) | |
| Messinian | Italy | Musculus costulatus (168730) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Venezuela (Sucre) | Musculus lateralis (41543) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Russian Federation | Musculus niger (50042) | |
| Zanclean | Belgium | Musculus discors (86801) | |
| Pliocene | Russian Federation | Musculus niger (49976 70471) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | Musculus nanus (84520 84533) | |
| Pliocene | USA (California) | Modiolus stalderi (220032) | |
| Pliocene | Belgium | Musculus discors (76982) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Virginia) | Musculus virginica (78261) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan (Ryukyu) | Musculus neglecta (41597) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan | Musculus laevigatus (97077) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | Musculus subpictus (78312) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greenland | Musculus niger (75091 75099 75101) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Musculus lateralis (58897) | |
| Pleistocene | Iceland | Musculus niger (79892 79980) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Lanistina cuneata (122941 122945) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Greenland | Musculus sp. (75200) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Musculus lateralis (67069) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | French Polynesia | Musculus viridulus (194003) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay | Musculus sp. (195933) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maine) | Musculus corrugatus (66348) Musculus niger (80131) Musculus nigra (66349) Musculus substriata (66355 66356) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greenland | Musculus sp. (75127 75134) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Musculus lateralis (57706) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Musculus sp. (97961) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Musculus discors (98196) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Musculus lateralis (96538) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Musculus nanulus (63351) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Musculus niger (48462) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Musculus nigra (66500) | |
| Holocene | France | Musculus sp. (56803) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Musculus nanulus (63350) | |
| Holocene | Greenland | Musculus sp. (75216 75217) |