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Myoplusia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Myoplusia was named by Neumayr (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-u O Cara-m Sepkoski's reference number: 91,948].

It was assigned to Malletiinae by Cox et al. (1969) and Vokes (1980); to Malletiidae by Babin and GutiƩrrez-Marco (1991); and to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Myoplusia Neumayr p. 416
1969Myoplusia Cox et al. p. N233
1980Myoplusia Vokes p. 4
1991Myoplusia Babin and GutiƩrrez-Marco p. 120
2002Myoplusia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusMyoplusiaNeumayr 1884

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. †Myoplusia Neumayr 1884
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Myoplusia bilunata Barrande 1881
Myoplusia contrastans Barrande 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available