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Myophorella (Orthotrigonia)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae

Taxonomy
Myophorella (Orthotrigonia) was named by Cox (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine K Berr]. It is not extant. Its type is Trigonia duplicata.

It was reranked as Orthotrigonia by Fleming (1987), Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Myophorella by Cox (1951), Cox (1952); to Myophorellinae by Fleming (1987); and to Trigonioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Myophorella (Orthotrigonia) Cox
1952Myophorella (Orthotrigonia) Cox
1987Orthotrigonia Fleming pp. 32, 35
2002Orthotrigonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyMyophorelloidea(Kobayashi 1954)
MyophorelloidaeKobayashi 1954
familyMyophorellidaeKobayashi 1954
subfamilyMyophorellinaeKobayashi 1954
genusMyophorellaBayle 1878
subgenusOrthotrigonia

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.

Subg. †Myophorella (Orthotrigonia) Cox 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:34:20
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:34:20
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Middle Tithonian or 168.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Myophorella spiculifera (96155 96186)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Myophorella spiculifera (96180 96191)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) Myophorella spiculifera (96146 96159 96170)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany Myophorella aculeata (13381)