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Mopalia

Polyplacophora - Mopaliidae

Taxonomy
Mopalia was named by Gray (1847). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mopaliidae by Berry (1922), Abbott (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Mopalia Gray
1922Mopalia Berry p. 441
1974Mopalia Abbott p. 401

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
suborderIschnochitonina(Bergenhayn 1930)
familyMopaliidaeDall 1889
genusMopaliaGray 1847

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. Mopalia Gray 1847
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Subg. Mopalia (Dendrochiton) Berry 1911
†Mopalia acuta Carpenter 1855
†Mopalia ciliata Sowerby 1840
†Mopalia hindsii Sowerby 1847
Mopalia imporcata Carpenter 1864
†Mopalia lignosa Gould 1846
Mopalia lowei Pilsbry 1918
†Mopalia muscosa Gould 1846
†Mopalia sinuata Carpenter 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackishc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 09:30:10
Modified: 2010-02-15 05:49:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) M. sp. (202496)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) M. acuta (138720) M. muscosa (139843) M. muscosa, M. hindsii, M. sinuata, M. lignosa, M. ciliata, M. acuta (138719) M. muscosa, M. lignosa, M. ciliata (201624)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) M. hindsi (96594) M. muscosa (96590 96592 96593)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (California) M. acuta (138821)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Dendrochiton thamnopora, M. muscosa, M. ciliata (37933) M. muscosa (37937 37939 37940 37944 37945 37948) M. muscosa, M. hindsii (37936) M. muscova, M. hindsii (37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) M. imporcata (200409 223325) M. mucosa, M. muscosa, M. acuta (138723) M. muscosa, M. ciliata (202492) M. muscosa, M. lowei (202494)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico M. muscosa, M. lignosa (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) M. muscosa, M. ciliata (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) M. acuta (59063 96566) M. ciliata (37673 222660) M. lignosa (37672) M. lignosa, M. ciliata (222973) M. muscosa (219029) M. muscosa, M. acuta (160361) M. muscosa, M. ciliata, M. wossnessenski (202490) M. muscosa, M. lignosa, M. ciliata (202936 207041) M. muscosa, M. wossnessenski (202491) M. sp. (96900 96901) M. sp., M. muscosa (222968)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) M. muscosa (207042)