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Taxonomy
Mytilus asper was named by Sowerby (1818). It is not extant.
It was recombined as Arcomytilus asper by Gahr (2002).
It was recombined as Arcomytilus asper by Gahr (2002).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1818 | Mytilus asper Sowerby |
2002 | Arcomytilus asper Gahr |
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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.
†Arcomytilus asper Sowerby 1818
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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valve height | 1 | 19.8 |
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Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Bathonian or 183.00000 to 164.70000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pliensbachian | Spain | Arcomytilus asper (212208) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | Spain | Arcomytilus asper (25216 25610 25616 25620 25621 25662 25663 25673 25674 26141 26143 26156 26336 26401) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | Spain (Teruel) | Arcomytilus asper (211192 211194 211195 211196 211210) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian | Spain | Arcomytilus asper (51613) | |
Late/Upper Bathonian | Jordan | Arcomytilus asper (50105) |