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Mytilus luciferus

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Mytilus luciferus was named by Yokoyama (1924) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Japan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. acutefinitus, M. acutefinitus, M. aequalis, M. aequalus, M. albensis, M. almerae, M. antiquorum, M. aquitanicus, M. avirostrum, M. bathonicus, M. bellus, M. beyrichi, M. canoasenis, M. canoasensis, M. carteroni, M. chohi, M. cloacinus, M. condecoratus, M. conradiana, M. conradianus, M. coruscus, M. couloni, M. crassitesta, M. cuvieri, M. dubisiensis, M. edulis, M. edulis, M. edulis, M. edulus, M. enuiformis, M. euglyphus, M. euiformis, M. faujasi, M. fittoni, M. furanuiensis, M. gillieroni, M. hamatoides, M. hasta, M. heranius, M. incrassata, M. incurvus, M. kewi, M. krishtofovichae, M. lanceolatus, M. lepsii, M. liasinus, M. mathewssonii, M. matronensis, M. matthewsoni, M. michaillensis, M. michelini, M. minimus, M. miocenum, M. mirabilis, M. mitchelli, M. montmollini, M. morrisi, M. nasutus, M. nicobarius, M. nigeriensis, M. nitidulus, M. nummuliticus, M. ovatus, M. peregrinus, M. planulatus, M. planus, M. punctus, M. rissoi, M. rusticus, M. saidi, M. salevensis, M. sammammishensis, M. sammammishensis, M. sanctae-crucis, M. scalprum, M. seranensis, M. simoni, M. stoppani, M. strigillatus, M. sublineatus, M. subreniformis, M. sulmensis, M. tenuiformis, M. tomlini, M. tornacensis, M. trapeza, M. trigonus, M. varians, M. whitei, M. yokoyamai, M. buwaldana, M. aquitanicus, M. haidingeri, M. primulus, M. sublaevis, M. incurvus, M. matthewsonii, M. devjatilovae, M. folioformis, M. littoralis, M. miocenum, M. napanensis, M. pilvoensis, M. podkagernensis, M. shunbetsuensis, M. tener, M. tenuiformis, M. tigilensis, M. tochilnensis, M. pernoides, M. sowerbyanus, M. kamtschaticus
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-05-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Mytilus luciferus Yokoyama p. 19 figs. pl. 4, fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMytilinaeRafinesque 1815
genusMytilusLinnaeus 1758
speciesluciferusYokoyama 1924

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.

Mytilus luciferus Yokoyama 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
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
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 05:20:55
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:24:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan Mytilus luciferus (68895)