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Huxleyia munita

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Manzanellidae

Taxonomy
Cyrilla munita was named by Dall (1898). It is extant.

It was recombined as Huxleyia munita by Moore (1983), Coan et al. (2000) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Cyrilla munita Dall p. 602
1983Huxleyia munita Moore p. A59 figs. Plate 13, figures 8-10
2000Huxleyia munita Coan et al. p. 69
2021Huxleyia munita Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilyManzanelloideaChronic 1952
familyManzanellidaeChronic 1952
genusHuxleyiaAdams 1860
speciesmunita(Dall 1898)

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.

Huxleyia munita Dall 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Reinforcement: nof
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-15 19:18:03
Modified: 2008-11-15 21:18:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cyrilla munita (202973 202975 202988 202990 223308)