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Promysidiella praeacuta

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Mysidiellidae

Taxonomy
Mytilus (Septifer) praeacutus was named by Klipstein (1843).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mytilus muensteri by Laube (1865); it was recombined as Promysidiella praeacuta by Dominici and Danise (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. otiosa, P. praecursor

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Mytilus (Septifer) praeacutus Klipstein
1895Mytilus (Septifer) praeacutus Bittner
1895Mytilus hamuliferus Bittner
1909Mytilus (Septifer) praeacutiformis Wilckens
2024Promysidiella praeacuta Dominici and Danise p. 9 figs. 6C-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyMysidiellidaeCox 1964
genusPromysidiella
speciespraeacuta(Klipstein 1843)

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.

†Promysidiella praeacuta Klipstein 1843
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Invalid names: Mytilus (Septifer) praeacutiformis Wilckens 1909 [synonym], Mytilus hamuliferus Bittner 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Julian or 239.48000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy Promysidiella praeacuta (236005)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy (Trentino) Mytilus praeacutus (44953)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Mytilus praeacutus, Mytilus hamuliferus (144634)