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Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Modiola imbricata Sowerby
1853Mytilus imbricatus Morris and Lycett
1940Modiolus imbricatus Cox
1995Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sha p. 88 figs. Pl 24, figs 16-19

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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
genusModiolus(Lamarck 1801)
subgenusModiolusLamarck 1799
speciesimbricatus(Sowerby 1818)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height128.8

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: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 15:52:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:25:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 201.40000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (248 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany Modiolus imbricatus (28867)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany Modiolus imbricatus (28869)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13787)
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13812 13861 13862 13906)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile Modiolus imbricatus (7415 7416 7417 7418 7419 7420 7421 7422 7423 7424 7425 7432 7433 7434)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain Modiolus imbricatus (212067)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Modiolus imbricatus (7426 7427 7428 7429)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany Modiolus imbricatus (126569 159446)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7Chile (Coquimbo) Modiolus imbricatus (221996)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Teruel) Modiolus imbricatus (211172 211174 211175 211195 211210 211211 211215)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Modiolus imbricatus (25621 25673 25775 25777 25778 25781)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Spain Modiolus imbricatus (51613)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile Modiolus imbricatus (7431)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Chile Modiolus imbricatus (35447)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Chile Modiolus imbricatus (33875 95633)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Modiolus imbricatus (220494 220495)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile (Atacama) Modiolus imbricatus (221786)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Modiolus imbricatus (204057 204105)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2India Modiolus imbricatus (68277)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Tanzania Modiolus imbricatus (36328)
Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian170.9 - 165.3China (Qinghai) Modiolus imbricatus (37883 37888)
Bajocian - Middle Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Romania Modiolus imbricatus (122095)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Hungary Modiolus imbricatus (125432)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan Modiolus imbricatus (35669)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Modiolus imbricatus (37509)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3China (Qinghai) Modiolus imbricatus (37886)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Modiolus imbricatus (48142 48522)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India Modiolus imbricatus (67397 67663 67664 67669 68278)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Modiolus imbricatus (36548 36549 36550 36552 36553 36554 36555 36556 38401)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Modiolus imbricatus (38479)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) Modiolus imbricatus (96187)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) Modiolus imbricatus (96147 96150)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Modiolus imbricatus (37507 37508)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Modiolus imbricatus (36546)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) Modiolus imbricatus (96146 96159)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5China (Xizang) Modiolus imbricatus (61446)
Bathonian - Kimmeridgian168.2 - 149.2China (Qinghai) Modiolus imbricatus (59649)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Modiolus imbricatus (2567 2607 2608)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Ethiopia Modiola imbricata (94591) Modiolus imbricatus (94494) Mytilus imbricatus (93482 93492 93530)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Modiolus imbricatus (47902 48506 48524 48525 48537 48538 48585 48586 48588 48589 48593 48594 48596 48598 48599 48604 48605)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Modiolus imbricatus (61467 63240 67394 67395 67396 67578 67629 68079)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Somalia Modiolus imbricatus (100379) Mytilus imbricatus (92997 92998)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13863 31075)
Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (31077)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Modiolus imbricatus (68077 68273)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Modiolus imbricatus (98096 98119)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Modiolus imbricatus (67631 68291 68598 68601)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13794)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Modiolus imbricatus (34544)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13583 13584 13585 13586 13587 13588 13590 13607 13608 13609 13613 13614 13661 13663 13665 13666 13667 13668 13677)
Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13688)
Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13514)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Mytilus imbricatus (92991 93014 93020)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13783 13784 13786 13789 13790 13791 13796 13809 13810 13811 13813 13856 13857 13860 13864 13866 13868 13869 13870 13871 13898 13900 13901 13902 13903 13904 13950 13951 13952)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13507 13508 13516 13517 13518 13520)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13504)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India Modiolus imbricatus (63530)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Modiolus imbricatus (45759)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Tunisia Modiolus imbricatus (13953)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Ethiopia Modiola imbricata (94588)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Kenya Modiolus imbricatus (36483 36485)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8China (Qinghai) Modiolus imbricatus (37882 37890)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21Somalia Modiolus imbricatus (100372)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Somalia Mytilus imbricatus (94525)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany Modiolus imbricatus (60387)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Ethiopia Modiolus imbricatus (93861 93868 93869)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Ethiopia Mytilus gortanii (93501) Mytilus imbricatus (93503)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Ethiopia Mytilus imbricatus (93494 93496 93499)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Modiolus imbricatus (34662 67910 67933 67934 67935 67936 67937)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Modiolus imbricatus (6011 7055 8318 8518 67959)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Portugal Modiolus imbricatus (8284 8286 8288 8289)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Portugal Modiolus imbricatus (8363 8364 8365 8400)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal Modiolus imbricatus (6872 7891 7892 7893 7894 7913 8317 8319 8335 8336 8337)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Modiolus imbricatus (35262)