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Myoplusia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Myoplusia was named by Neumayr (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-u O Cara-m Sepkoski's reference number: 91,948].

It was assigned to Malletiinae by Cox et al. (1969), Vokes (1980); to Malletiidae by Babin and GutiƩrrez-Marco (1991); and to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Myoplusia Neumayr p. 416
1969Myoplusia Cox et al. p. N233
1980Myoplusia Vokes p. 4
1991Myoplusia Babin and GutiƩrrez-Marco p. 120
2002Myoplusia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusMyoplusiaNeumayr 1884

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. †Myoplusia Neumayr 1884
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Myoplusia bilunata Barrande 1881
Myoplusia contrastans Barrande 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).g
Created: 2009-06-05 12:32:05
Modified: 2009-06-05 14:32:05
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Ludlow or 477.10000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.1 - 471.3France (Montagne Noire) M. sp. (20827)
Sarka469.4 - 463.3Czechia M. sp. (3857)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Portugal M. sp. (20932 193319 193320)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Guadalajara) M. bilunata (194902)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Cuidad Real) M. sp. (20891)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Toledo and Cuidad Real) M. sp. (20893)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Czechia M. sp. (3859)
Dobrotivian - Berounian461.0 - 450.1France M. sp. (20846)
Dobrotivian - Caradoc461.0 - 449.5Spain (Ciudad Real) M. sp. (20892)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1France (Normandy) Ctenodonta bilunata (20837)
Berounian - Caradoc459.7 - 449.5Portugal M. sp. (20954)
Bohdalec459.3 - 445.2Czechia Ctenodonta bilunata (3873)
Vinice - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia M. sp., Ctenodonta bilunata (3863)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia M. sp., Praeleda contrastans, Ctenodonta bilunata (3865)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Czechia (Praha) M. sp., M. contrastans (149320)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Argentina M. sulcata (25060 25062)