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Arcomytilus laitmairensis

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Mytilus laitmairensis was named by de Loriol (1883).

It was recombined as Arcomytilus laitmairensis by Gardet and Gerard (1946); it was recombined as Brachidontes laitmairensis by Cox (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. couloni, A. morrisi, A. primigenius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Mytilus laitmairensis de Loriol
1946Arcomytilus laitmairensis Gardet and Gerard
1965Brachidontes laitmairensis Cox

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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
genusArcomytilusAgassiz 1843
specieslaitmairensis(de Loriol 1883)

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.

†Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883
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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: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 05:22:22
Modified: 2007-10-05 07:22:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Berriasian or 183.00000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Thailand Arcomytilus laitmairensis (87540)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Jordan Arcomytilus laitmairensis (35323)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Jordan Arcomytilus laitmairensis (35669 35674 35675)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Arcomytilus laitmairensis (45395)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Gujarat) Arcomytilus laitmairensis (93561)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) Arcomytilus laitmairensis (24050)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Kenya Brachidontes laitmairensis (36468)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Arcomytilus laitmairensis (45539 47861 47875 47898 47899)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Somalia Arcomytilus laitmairensis (100388) Mytilus laitmairensis (92998)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Brachidontes laitmairensis (94494)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Arcomytilus laitmairensis (61794 67392 68596)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia Mytilus cossmanni (94519) Mytilus laitmairensis (93014 93020)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia Arcomytilus laitmairensis (13903 13904 13905 13951)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Eritrea Mytilus laitmairensis (92925)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Brachidontes laitmairensis (98126 98159 98185)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Arcomytilus laitmairensis (68291)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia Arcomytilus laitmairensis (13666)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian164.7 - 150.8Iran (Tabas Area) Arcomytilus laitmairensis (41417)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Kenya Brachidontes laitmairensis (36485)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Arcomytilus laitmairensis (45759 45910 46047 46296)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Eritrea Mytilus laitmairensis (94567 94568)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Yemen Mytilus subpectinatus (94504)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia Mytilus laitmairensis (94572)
Oxfordian - Tithonian163.5 - 145.0Japan (Kochi) Arcomytilus laitmairensis (40473)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Ethiopia Arcomytilus laitmairensis (93029 93861 93864 93868 93871 94788)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Ethiopia Mytilus laitmairensis (93501 93503)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Japan (Fukushima) Arcomytilus laitmairensis (40546)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Tanzania Brachidontes laitmairensis (36329)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Japan Arcomytilus laitmairensis (116558)