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Taxonomy
Mytilus kerguelensis was named by Fletcher (1938) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Southern Ocean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Perna kerguelensis by Lauriat-Rage et al. (2002).
It was recombined as Perna kerguelensis by Lauriat-Rage et al. (2002).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Mytilus kerguelensis Fletcher p. 107 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-7 |
| 2002 | Perna kerguelensis Lauriat-Rage et al. p. 277 |
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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.
†Perna kerguelensis Fletcher 1938
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | French Southern Territories | Perna kerguelensis (41122) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | French Southern Territories (Kerguelen Island) | Mytilus kerguelensis (209847) Mytilus planulatus (209848) |