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Semimodiola

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Semimodiola is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mytilinae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Semimodiola Cox et al. p. N274
2002Semimodiola Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMytilinaeRafinesque 1815
genusSemimodiola

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.

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Semimodiola hastata Deshayes 1830
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
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: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 05:18:14
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:27:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Lutetian or 66.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7United Kingdom (England) S. elegans (8085)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) S. elegans (8104)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) S. elegans (8105)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) S. crassistriata, S. hastata (8124) S. hastata (8125)