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Selenimyalina

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Taxonomy
Selenimyalina was named by Newell (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-u P Leon]. It is the type genus of Selenimyalininae.

It was reranked as Myalina (Selenimyalina) by Newell (1942).

It was assigned to Myalina by Newell (1942); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Selenimyalininae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Myalinidae by Vokes (1980) and Hoşgör (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Myalina (Selenimyalina) Newell p. 63
1942Selenimyalina Newell p. 63
1980Selenimyalina Vokes p. 33
2002Selenimyalina Sepkoski
2010Selenimyalina Bouchet et al.
2021Selenimyalina Hoşgör p. 315

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

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. †Selenimyalina Newell 1942
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†Selenimyalina dotti Newell 1942
†Selenimyalina meliniformis Meek and Worthen 1866
†Selenimyalina quadrata Newell 1942
†Selenimyalina squama Waagen 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height113.0----
valve height425.116.043.224.011.6

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: base of the Chadian to the top of the Changhsingian or 346.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Czech Republic S. elongata (38090) S. laevis (38086 38089) S. sp. (38088)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (8617) S. variablis (8620 8621 8623 8626)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arizona) S. sp. (42667)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Brazil S. sp. (139503)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) S. sp. (52899 120956)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hubei) S. sp. (123610)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Septifer squama (126998)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Septifer squama (119731)