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Taxonomy
Mytilus exustus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: North Carolina-West Indies (Recent); South Carolina-Florida (Pleistocene).]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Brachidontes (Brachidontes) exustus by DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Brachidontes exustus by Olsson (1953), Richards (1962), Richards et al. (1969), Rosenberg (2005).
It was recombined as Brachidontes (Brachidontes) exustus by DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Brachidontes exustus by Olsson (1953), Richards (1962), Richards et al. (1969), Rosenberg (2005).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. araripensis, B. arcturusensis, B. arlingtonanus, B. biali, B. briarti, B. charmesi, B. ciplyana, B. citrinus, B. corrugatus, B. cossmanni, B. crebristriatus, B. crenulata, B. filisculptus, B. filisculptus microcostae, B. fulpensis, B. granulata, B. guppyi, B. jeremejewi, B. kamtschaticus, B. kovatschensis, B. lineatus, B. linguatulus, B. marginatus, B. mashikensis, B. matchgaransis, B. montensis, B. multilingera, B. nankoi, B. nonbifurcus, B. ogasawarai, B. potomacensis, B. purpuratus, B. pyriformis, B. radiatula, B. rigaulti, B. saffordi, B. sahaleurai, B. sakakurai, B. senegalensis, B. somalicus, B. stubbsi, B. suberosus, B. taurinensis, B. tenuisculpta, B. texanus, B. vectiensis, B. couloni, B. subpectinatus, B. fulpensis, B. grammatus, B. ortmanni, B. purpuratus, B. rodriguezi, B. vetustus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Mytilus exustus Linnaeus p. 705 |
| 1953 | Brachidontes exustus Olsson p. 62 |
| 1958 | Brachidontes (Brachidontes) exustus DuBar p. 162 |
| 1962 | Brachidontes exustus Richards p. 56 |
| 1969 | Brachidontes exustus Richards et al. p. 4 |
| 2005 | Brachidontes exustus Rosenberg |
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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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| 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 Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Brachidontes exustus (61309 79331 79789) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama | Mytilus exustus (80304) | |
| Pleistocene | Cuba | Mytilus exustus (66772) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Brachidontes exustus (61310 67069) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Bermuda | Brachidontes exustus (67947 67960 67962 67966) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Brachidontes exustus (66760) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bermuda | Brachidontes exustus (67948 67963 67965 67967) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Brachidontes exustus (61311 96538) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Jamaica | Brachidontes exustus (80407) | |
| Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Brachidontes exustus (41934 41935 92772 92773 92776) |