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Mullerioidea

Bivalvia - Unionida

Taxonomy
Mullerioidea was named by Deshayes (1832). It is extant.

It was assigned to Unionidina by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Mullerioidea Deshayes
2011Mullerioidea Carter et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—UniomorphiGray 1854
—UnioniGray 1854
—UnionataGray 1854
orderUnionida(Stoliczka 1871)
suborderUnionidinaGray 1854
superfamilyMullerioideaDeshayes 1832
superfamilyMullerioideaDeshayes 1832

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.

Superfm. Mullerioidea Deshayes 1832
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Fm. Etheriidae Deshayes 1830
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G. Etheria Lamarck 1807
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Etheria elliptica Lamarck 1807
Fm. Iridinidae Swainson 1840
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Subfm. Aspathariinae Modell 1942
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G. Aspatharia Bourguignat 1885
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Aspatharia rubens Lamarck 1819
Invalid names: Spathopsinae Modell 1942 [synonym]
G. Chambardia Servain 1890
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Subfm. Iridininae Swainson 1840
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G. Iridina Lamarck 1819
Invalid names: Spathinae Bronn 1862 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pleiodontidae Rochebrune 1904 [synonym]
Fm. Mulleriidae Deshayes 1832
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Subfm. Monocondylaeinae Modell 1942
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Tr. Fossulini Bonetto 1966
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G. Fossula Lea 1870
G. Monocondylaea d'Orbigny 1835
G. Mulleria Férussac 1823
Subfm. Mycetopodinae Gray 1840
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Subfm. Anodontitinae Modell 1942
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G. Anodontites Bruguière 1792
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†Anodontites batesi Woodward 1871
†Anodontites capax Conrad 1874
Invalid names: Bartlettiinae Modell 1942 [synonym], Glabarinae Modell 1942 [synonym]
G. Mycetopoda d'Orbigny 1835
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Mycetopoda pittieri Marshall 1927
Invalid names: Acostaeidae Morrison 1973 [synonym]
Invalid names: Leilinae Morretes 1949 [empty], Mulleriinae Deshayes 1832 [empty], Pseudomulleriidae Starobogatov 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:29:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:29:05
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 121.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Mulleria mulleti (1836)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Anodontites sp. (83262)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Pleiodon sp. 1 (192041)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Etheria elliptica (38060)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya (Nyanza) Etheria sp. (92703)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Peru Anodontites capax (143106)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Colombia Anodontites batesi, Anodontites capax (143002)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) Anodontites sp. (206042)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brazil Anodontites trapesialis (141845) Anodontites trapesialis, Mycetopoda pittieri (141844)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Spathopsis wahlbergi (22042 22058)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Spathopsis wahlbergi (22052)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi Aspatharia indet. (22271)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Ethiopia Etheria indet. (21991)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Aspatharia cailliaudi (22121) Aspatharia wissmanni, Aspatharia cailliaudi (22097 22102) Pleiodon ovatus, Aspatharia wissmanni, Aspatharia cailliaudi (22084 22106) Pleiodon ovatus, Pleiodon sp., Aspatharia wissmanni, Aspatharia cailliaudi (22076 22123)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Congo-Kinshasa Etheria indet. (22089)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Aspatharia cailliaudi (22178)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Etheria indet. (22011 22039)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Etheria elliptica (22074)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Tanzania Chambardia wahlbergi, Chambardia wahlbergi (197632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Aspatharia rubens, Etheria elliptica (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Aspatharia sp. (83303 83304 83305)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Aspatharia indet. (21903) Etheria elliptica, Spathopsis wahlbergi, Spathopsis rubens (208786 208787) Spathopsis indet. (21871)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Aspatharia senegalensis (22073)