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Myoconcha decorata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Myoconcha decorata Münster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyKalenteroideaMarwick 1953
familyKalenteridae
genusMyoconchaSowerby 1824
speciesdecorataMünster 1837

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.

†Myoconcha decorata Münster 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 199.50000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Myoconcha decorata (204131)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Myoconcha decorata (126923)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Myoconcha decorata (204128)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Greenland Myoconcha decorata (161976 161977 161979 162071 162072 162111 162272 162274 162275 162280)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Myoconcha decorata (225394 225396)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Myoconcha decorata (126924)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland Myoconcha borealis (161207) Myoconcha decorata (161969 161972 161973 161975 161982 162078 162079 162082 162083 162086 162110 162112 162113 162285 162286)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Portugal (Coimbra) Myoconcha decorata (225384 225386)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Myoconcha decorata (204124)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Myoconcha decorata (25938 25939)