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Brachidontes (Brachidontes)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Swainson
1983Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Moore p. A66
1984Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Squires p. 42
1987Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Squires p. 56
1988Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Squires p. 18

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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
subgenusBrachidontesSwainson 1840

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.

Subg. Brachidontes (Brachidontes) Swainson 1840
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Invalid names: Mytilus dichotomus Cooper 1894 [replaced]
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cowlitzensis Weaver and Palmer 1922
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Invalid names: Modiola ornata Gabb 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: 2009-08-18 19:39:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Angulata to the top of the Holocene or 201.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 196.5 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) Mytilus dichotomus (53947)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Brachidontes fulpensis (154969)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Jordan Brachidontes fulpensis (154977)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Jordan Brachidontes fulpensis (154978)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Brachidontes lawsoni (11117)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Brachidontes lawsoni (205398) Septifer susanaensis (215686)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Brachidontes lawsoni (52596 52599) Brachidontes ornatus (52612 52613)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Brachidontes cowlitzensis (52266 52267 52268 52272 52273 52275 52278 52303 52304 52305 200795)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Brachidontes cowlitzensis (5544 5549)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Brachidontes cowlitzensis (122294 178748 201250) Brachidontes ornatus (52614) Modiolus ornatus (52421 52422 52423 52424 52426 52428 52429 52430 52431 52434)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Brachidontes cowlitzensis (8011)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Volsella cowlitzensis (37871)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Septifer dichotomus (207118)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Brachidontes cowlitzensis (111554)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (California) Brachidontes dichotomus (4900)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Mytilus dichotomus (200892 200911 200914)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Brachidontes cowlitzensis (5532 8012 94820 94821 94822 94827 178733 194412 194413 194414 200845 200852 201701 207156 207158 207172)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) Mytilus dichotomus (43340 43344 43347)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alaska) Brachidontes cowlitzensis (194397)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Brachidontes ornatus (52804) Brachiodontes ornatus (52803)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Brachidontes cowlitzensis, Brachidontes dichotomus (161922) Brachidontes cowlitzensis, Mytilus dichotomus, Septifer dichotomus (52207) Brachidontes dichotomus (161924) Modiolus cowlitzensis (201124) Modiolus cowlitzensis, Mytilus dichotomus (203164) Mytilus dichotomus (52208) Mytilus dichotomus, Brachidontes cowlitzensis (52204)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina Brachidontes ortmanni (65179)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Brachidontes grammatus (43063)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Brachidontes sp. (60410 60412 60413 60414 60415 60416 60417 60644 60646 60647 60653 60655)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Brachidontes vetustus (79331)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Mytilus variabilis (101417)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Argentina Brachidontes purpuratus (71605 71606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Argentina Brachidontes purpuratus (71610) Brachidontes purpuratus, Brachidontes rodriguezi (71607)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Brachidontes purpuratus (71675 71676)