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Liebea septifer

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Taxonomy
Mytilus septifer was named by King (1844).

It was synonymized subjectively with Liebea squamosa by Logan (1967), Pattison (1970); it was recombined as Liebea septifer by Waagen (1881), Kłapciński (1967), Muromtseva (1981), Karczewski (1982), Muromtseva and Guskov (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Modiola acuminata Sowerby p. 119
1844Mytilus septifer King p. 32 figs. Pl XIV, figs 8-13
1848Mytilus acuminatus Howse p. 248
1850Mytilus septifer King pp. 161-162 figs. Pl XIV, figs 8-13
1881Liebea septifer Waagen p. 295
1967Liebea septifer Kłapciński p. 430 figs. Pl 29, fig 7
1981Liebea septifer Muromtseva p. 31 figs. Pl 8, figs 2,3
1982Liebea septifer Karczewski p. 101 figs. Pl 36, fig 5
1984Liebea septifer Muromtseva and Guskov p. 44 figs. Pl 53, figs 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyMyalinidaeFrech 1891
genusLiebea
speciesseptifer(King 1844)

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.

Liebea septifer King 1844
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Invalid names: Modiola acuminata Sowerby 1829 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height135.0----
valve height616.714.323.815.53.58

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Zechstein or 283.30000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Svalbard and Jan Mayen Liebea septifer (145695)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Liebea septifer (109932)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (Durham) Mytilus septifer (130844 130845 130846 130847)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Modiola acuminata (116168 117876 117877) Mytilus septifer (87337)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Poland Liebea septifer (133410)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom Mytilus acuminatus (130834 130870 130871 130872)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Liebea septifer (46175)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania Liebea septifer (46471 46508)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation Liebea septifer (81143)
Zechstein259.51 - 254.14Germany Liebea septifer (75575)