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Musculus niger

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae

Taxonomy
Modiola nigra was named by Gray (1824) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Musculus nigra by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Musculus niger by Coan et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Modiola nigra Gray p. 244 figs. pl. 26, fig. 4
1962Musculus nigra Richards
2000Musculus niger Coan et al. p. 169

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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
familyCrenellidaeGray 1840
subfamilyCrenellinaeGray 1840
genusMusculusRoding 1798
speciesniger(Gray 1824)

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.

Musculus niger Gray 1824
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 08:42:29
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:26:14
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Russian Federation Musculus niger (50048)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Musculus niger (37387 37401 37410)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Musculus niger (50042)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Musculus niger (49976 70471)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greenland Musculus niger (75091 75099 75101)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland Musculus niger (79892 79980)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Musculus niger (80131) Musculus nigra (66349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Musculus niger (48462)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Musculus nigra (66500)