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Brachidontes exustus

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mytilus exustus Linnaeus p. 705
1953Brachidontes exustus Olsson p. 62
1958Brachidontes (Brachidontes) exustus DuBar p. 162
1962Brachidontes exustus Richards p. 56
1969Brachidontes exustus Richards et al. p. 4
2005Brachidontes exustus Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMytilinaeRafinesque 1815
genusBrachidontesSwainson 1840
speciesexustus(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Brachidontes exustus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
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: 2007-11-26 08:33:37
Modified: 2009-08-19 00:39:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Brachidontes exustus (61309 79331 79789)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Mytilus exustus (80304)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba Mytilus exustus (66772)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Brachidontes exustus (61310 67069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Brachidontes exustus (67947 67960 67962 67966)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Brachidontes exustus (66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Brachidontes exustus (67948 67963 67965 67967)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Brachidontes exustus (61311 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Brachidontes exustus (80407)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Brachidontes exustus (41934 41935 92772 92773 92776)