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Taxonomy
Mytilus schencki was named by Hanna and Hertlein (1938) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; North Pacific.]. Its type specimen is CAS 4686, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vineyard Canyon, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Santa Margarita Formation of California.
It was recombined as Mytilus (Crenomytilus) schencki by Moore (1983); it was recombined as Crenomytilus schencki by Kafanov et al. (2001).
It was recombined as Mytilus (Crenomytilus) schencki by Moore (1983); it was recombined as Crenomytilus schencki by Kafanov et al. (2001).
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
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Mytilus schencki Hanna and Hertlein p. 106 figs. pl. 21, fig. 11 |
| 1983 | Mytilus (Crenomytilus) schencki Moore pp. A64 - A65 figs. Plate 16, figure 2 |
| 2001 | Crenomytilus schencki Kafanov et al. |
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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.
†Mytilus schencki Hanna and Hertlein 1938
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Mytilus schencki (type locality: 238315) |