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Dacrydium cupressinum

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy

Dacrydium cupressinum was named by Couper (1960). It is not extant.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1960	Dacrydium cupressinum Couper

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Mytilomorphi	Ferussac 1822
order	Mytilida	(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamily	Mytiloidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Mytilidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Dacrydium	Torell 1859
species	cupressinum	Couper 1960

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.

†Dacrydium cupressinum Couper 1960

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-08-18 17:39:58

Modified:

2009-08-18 19:39:58

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene	37.71 - 23.04	Chile (Doceava Región)	Dacrydium cupressinum (151436)