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Myalinella meeki

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Taxonomy
Myalina meeki was named by Dunbar (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Myalina (Myalinella) meeki by Newell (1942), Newell (1955), Ciriacks (1963), Lu (1986); it was recombined as Myalinella meeki by McRoberts and Newell (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. mieeki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Myalina meeki Dunbar
1942Myalina (Myalinella) meeki Newell p. 60 figs. Pl 14, figs 7-14
1955Myalina (Myalinella) meeki Newell p. 26 figs. Pl 5, figs 9,10
1961Myalina meeki Tasch p. 863 figs. Pl 97, fig 6
1963Myalina (Myalinella) meeki Ciriacks p. 44 figs. Pl 5, figs 15,16
1986Myalina (Myalinella) meeki Lu p. 470 figs. Pl 1, figs 9,16
2005Myalinella meeki McRoberts and Newell p. 14

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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
genusMyalinella
speciesmeeki()

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.

†Myalinella meeki Dunbar 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height332.527.740.030.96.35

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 Virgilian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 303.70000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9Mexico (Oaxaca) Myalina meeki (211814) Myalinella meeki (211809)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Myalinella meeki (146819 156687 156693 156708 156709 156713)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) Myalinella meeki (802)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Kansas) Myalinella meeki (803)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) Myalina meeki (type locality: 111219 216777 216779)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Qinghai) Myalinella meeki (112860 112861)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902USA (Montana) Myalina meeki (11273 105335)