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Musculus (mussel)
Taxonomy
Musculus was named by Roding (1798). It is extant.
It was assigned to Crenellinae by Moore (1983) and Coan et al. (2000); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); to Musculinae by Spencer et al. (2004); and to Mytilidae by Vokes (1980), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Wienrich (1999), Todd (2001) and Mikkelsen (2006).
It was assigned to Crenellinae by Moore (1983) and Coan et al. (2000); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); to Musculinae by Spencer et al. (2004); and to Mytilidae by Vokes (1980), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Wienrich (1999), Todd (2001) and Mikkelsen (2006).
Species
Lanistina arcacea, Lanistina corioensis, M. (Musculus), M. (Ryenella), M. (Skarlatella), M. (Undatimusculus), M. balcombei, M. delicatula, M. discors (syn. M. substriata), M. glacialis (syn. M. corrugatus), M. kryshtofovitschi, M. nanulus, M. nanus, M. niger, M. somaliensis, M. sorgenfreii, M. viridulus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1798 | Musculus Roding |
| 1847 | Lanistina Gray |
| 1980 | Musculus Vokes p. 26 |
| 1983 | Musculus Moore p. A72 |
| 1987 | Musculus Ward and Blackwelder p. 129 |
| 1998 | Musculus Lamprell and Healy p. 88 |
| 1999 | Musculus Wienrich p. 215 |
| 2000 | Musculus Coan et al. p. 167 |
| 2001 | Musculus Todd |
| 2002 | Musculus Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Musculus Spencer et al. |
| 2006 | Musculus Mikkelsen p. 162 |
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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.
G. Musculus Roding 1798 [mussel]
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Subg. Musculus (Ryenella) Fleming 1959
Subg. †Musculus (Skarlatella) Glibert and Poel 1965
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†Musculus (Skarlatella) seminudus Deshayes 1830
Subg. †Musculus (Undatimusculus)
†Musculus balcombei Pritchard 1901
†Musculus delicatula Fletcher 1938
†Musculus kryshtofovitschi Krishtofovich 1964
Musculus nanulus Thiele 1930
Musculus nanus Dunker 1856
Musculus niger Gray 1824
†Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935
†Musculus sorgenfreii Anderson 1967
†Musculus viridulus Adams 1871
Invalid names: Lanistina Gray 1847 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available