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Myonia

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Myonia Dana p. 158
1849Maeonia Dana p. 694
1991Myonia Morris et al. p. 94
2002Myonia Sepkoski
2014Myonia Neves et al. p. 226
2022Myonia Biakov p. 154

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilyVacunellinae(Astafieva-Urbajtis 1973)
genusMyonia

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. †Myonia Dana 1847
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Subg. †Myonia (Myomedia) Waterhouse 1969
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Invalid names: Cypricardia rugulosa Dana 1847 [synonym], Maeonia fragilis Dana 1849 [synonym], Myonia (Myonia) sulcatiformis Astafieva-Urbaitis 1976 [synonym], Myonia (Pachymyonia) bytantajensis Astafieva-Urbaitis 1976 [synonym], Myonia (Pachymyonia) lutkevitchi Astafieva-Urbaitis 1976 [synonym], Myonia minor Etheridge 1919 [synonym], Thracia alta Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960 [synonym], Thracia longa Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960 [synonym]
Subg. †Myonia (Myonia) Dana 1847
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†Myonia (Myonia) orulganica Muromtseva 1984
†Myonia arbitrata Reed 1932
†Myonia argentinensis Harrington 1955
†Myonia carinella Runnegar 1967
†Myonia compacta Waterhouse 1969
†Myonia elongata Dana 1847
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Invalid names: Myonia accentuata Fletcher 1932 [synonym], Myonia depressa Fletcher 1932 [synonym], Myonia valida Dana 1847 [synonym]
†Myonia gibbosa Maslennikow 1959
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Invalid names: Sanguinolites sibirica Kulikov 1967 [synonym]
†Myonia komiensiformis Biakov 2022
†Myonia komiensis Maslennikov 1935
†Myonia kutygini Biakov 2022
†Myonia ovata Waterhouse 1969
†Myonia parallela Dun 1932
†Myonia pollocki Maxwell 1964
†Myonia sinuosa Dana 1847
†Myonia undata Dana 1847
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height920.011.039.020.09.27
valve height5732.28.6291.333.020.0

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-12 12:33:56
Modified: 2009-10-12 14:33:56
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Clapham 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Changhsingian or 323.20000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (118 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Argentina M. sp. (64410 64411)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9Australia (Queensland) M. pollocki (144980)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Argentina M. sp. (132813) Stutchburia argentinensis (91636 91637 132812)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Maeonia arbitrata, Maeonia gracilis (86543) Sanguinolites carinatus (86534)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) M. sp. (84484 101207) M. sp. nov. (107345) Pachydomus carinatus (131548)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) M. elongata (105481 105492)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Brazil M. argentinensis (139502 155153)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (New South Wales) M. parallela (133743) M. sp. (107625)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Queensland) M. parallela (145060)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (66210)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Mongolia M. carinata (116247)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3New Zealand (Southland) M. compacta (41776) M. sp. A (52838)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation M. komiensis (113948 114410) M. kutygini (225511 225512 225513)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation M. sp. (198781) M. sp., M. komiensis (113946)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (66276 66278)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Maeonia elongata (161850) Maeonia elongata, Maeonia carinata, Chaenomya undatus (161842)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Australia (Tasmania) Pachydomus carinatus (133749)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand M. carinata (52843)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Maeonia fragilis (98110) M. carinata (135925) M. carinella (135939) M. elongata (134057) M. elongata, M. valida (83172) M. valida (136663) Pachydomus carinatus (133342 134048) Pholadomya undata, Cypricardia rugulosa, Cypricardia sinuosa (133336)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation M. elongata (102217) M. komiensis (102218) M. sp. (221245 221250)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Southland) M. elongata, M. depressa, M. compacta, M. ovata, M. carinella (41767)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Nelson) M. carinata (41797)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Australia (Queensland) M. carinata (105130) M. carinella (85041)
Wordian - Wuchiapingian266.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Pachydomus carinatus (123246 123255)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51New Zealand (Southland) M. elongata, M. undata, M. ovata (41777)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation M. carinata (114237 114396) M. gibbosa (83131 183118 221260 221261) M. komiensiformis (225514 225515 225516 225517) M. komiensis (102156 114398) M. orulganica (114421) M. sp. (114422 198804 221257) M. sulcatiformis (101696 101697)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangdong) Wilkingia komiensis (113864)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Hunan) Wilkingia komiensis (107815)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hubei) Wilkingia komiensis (123618)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Tasmania) M. carinata (105431 105432 105434) M. triangulata (51314 105430)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) Wilkingia komiensis (95695 107820 107826)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Sakha) M. gibbosa (83163)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) M. carinata (101569 103021 104740 105009 120326 120334 120335 120336 120337 120338 120339 120340 120341 120342 120343 120536 120539 120661 120663 120665 135921 135924 135926) M. carinella (101555)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) M. guizhouensis (121006)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation M. carinata (114397) M. sp. (102207)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) Wilkingia komiensis (123625)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17New Zealand M. sp. (98149)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) M. wensingchangensis (112013)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Allorisma gibbosa (131245)