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Mytilus (Plicatomytilus)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Plicatomytilus was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) by Allison and Addicott (1976), Moore (1983).

It was assigned to Mytilus by Allison and Addicott (1976), Moore (1983); to Mytilidae by Kafanov et al. (2001); and to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Mytilus acutefinitus, Mytilus acutefinitus, Mytilus aequalis, Mytilus aequalus, Mytilus albensis, Mytilus almerae, Mytilus antiquorum, Mytilus aquitanicus, Mytilus aquitanicus, Mytilus avirostrum, Mytilus bathonicus, Mytilus bellus, Mytilus beyrichi, Mytilus buwaldana, Mytilus canoasenis, Mytilus canoasensis, Mytilus carteroni, Mytilus chohi, Mytilus cloacinus, Mytilus condecoratus, Mytilus conradiana, Mytilus conradianus, Mytilus coruscus, Mytilus couloni, Mytilus crassitesta, Mytilus cuvieri, Mytilus devjatilovae, Mytilus dubisiensis, Mytilus edulis, Mytilus edulis, Mytilus edulis, Mytilus edulus, Mytilus enuiformis, Mytilus euglyphus, Mytilus euiformis, Mytilus faujasi, Mytilus fittoni, Mytilus folioformis, Mytilus furanuiensis, Mytilus gillieroni, Mytilus haidingeri, Mytilus hamatoides, Mytilus hasta, Mytilus heranius, Mytilus incrassata, Mytilus incurvus, Mytilus incurvus, Mytilus kamtschaticus, Mytilus kewi, Mytilus krishtofovichae, Mytilus lanceolatus, Mytilus lepsii, Mytilus liasinus, Mytilus littoralis, Mytilus mathewssonii, Mytilus matronensis, Mytilus matthewsonii, Mytilus michaillensis, Mytilus michelini, Mytilus minimus, Mytilus miocenum, Mytilus miocenum, Mytilus mirabilis, Mytilus mitchelli, Mytilus montmollini, Mytilus morrisi, Mytilus napanensis, Mytilus nasutus, Mytilus nicobarius, Mytilus nigeriensis, Mytilus nitidulus, Mytilus nummuliticus, Mytilus ovatus, Mytilus peregrinus, Mytilus pernoides, Mytilus pilvoensis, Mytilus planulatus, Mytilus planus, Mytilus podkagernensis, Mytilus primulus, Mytilus punctus, Mytilus rissoi, Mytilus rusticus, Mytilus saidi, Mytilus salevensis, Mytilus sanctae-crucis, Mytilus scalprum, Mytilus seranensis, Mytilus shunbetsuensis, Mytilus simoni, Mytilus sowerbyanus, Mytilus stoppani, Mytilus strigillatus, Mytilus sublaevis, Mytilus sublineatus, Mytilus subreniformis, Mytilus sulmensis, Mytilus tener, Mytilus tenuiformis, Mytilus tenuiformis, Mytilus tigilensis, Mytilus tochilnensis, Mytilus tomlini, Mytilus tornacensis, Mytilus trapeza, Mytilus trigonus, Mytilus varians, Mytilus whitei, Mytilus yokoyamai, Plicatomytilus kavranensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) Allison and Addicott pp. 9-13
1983Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) Moore p. A65 figs. Plate 16, figures 3 - 6
2001Plicatomytilus Kafanov et al.
2002Plicatomytilus Sepkoski

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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
genusMytilusLinnaeus 1758
subgenusPlicatomytilus

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.

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Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) gratacapi Allison and Addicott 1976
Plicatomytilus allisoni Kafanov 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
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: 2007-10-05 05:20:55
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:24:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 20.45000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Mytilus middendorffi (167645)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Oregon) Mytilus middendorffi (39805)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Plicatomytilus kavranensis, Plicatomytilus allisoni (50038)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Mytilus gratacapi (67916) Mytilus middendorffi (44085 44099)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation Plicatomytilus allisoni (49978)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Mytilus middendorffi (71145 71146)