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Myalina copei

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Taxonomy
Myalina copei was named by Whitfield (1902). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is McKenszie's Trail, near Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, which is in an Asselian marine horizon in the Moran Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Myalina (Myalina) copei by Newell (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Myalina copei Whitfield p. 63 fig. 2
1942Myalina (Myalina) copei Newell p. 55
2005Myalina copei McRoberts and Newell p. 9 fig. 8

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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
genusMyalina
speciescopeiWhitfield 1902

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.

Myalina copei Whitfield 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height444.827.869.745.817.4

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Eaton 1871

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Myalina copei (94892 type locality: 115889 115891 115892 159909)