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Mauricia

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Mauricia was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Modiolus (Mauricia) by Harris (1919).

It was assigned to Modiolus by Harris (1919); to Mytilidae by Palmer and Brann (1965); and to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Modiolus (Mauricia) Harris p. 32
1965Mauricia Palmer and Brann p. 192
2002Mauricia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
genusMauricia

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. †Mauricia
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available