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Musculus (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Musculus Roding
1847Lanistina Gray
1980Musculus Vokes p. 26
1983Musculus Moore p. A72
1987Musculus Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1998Musculus Lamprell and Healy p. 88
1999Musculus Wienrich p. 215
2000Musculus Coan et al. p. 167
2001Musculus Todd
2002Musculus Sepkoski
2004Musculus Spencer et al.
2006Musculus Mikkelsen p. 162

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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
familyCrenellidaeGray 1840
subfamilyCrenellinaeGray 1840
genusMusculusRoding 1798

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. Musculus Roding 1798 [mussel]
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Subg. Musculus (Musculus) Moore 1983
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Subg. Musculus (Ryenella) Fleming 1959
Subg. †Musculus (Skarlatella) Glibert and Poel 1965
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†Musculus balcombei Pritchard 1901
†Musculus delicatula Fletcher 1938
Musculus discors Linnaeus 1767
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Invalid names: Musculus substriata Gray 1824 [synonym]
Musculus glacialis Leche 1883
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Invalid names: Musculus corrugatus Stimpson 1851 [replaced]
†Musculus kryshtofovitschi Krishtofovich 1964
Musculus nanulus Thiele 1930
Musculus nanus Dunker 1856
Musculus niger Gray 1824
†Musculus sorgenfreii Anderson 1967
†Musculus viridulus Adams 1871
Invalid names: Lanistina Gray 1847 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP, IM, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2007-11-26 08:42:29
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:26:14
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Holocene or 170.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.3 Ma

Collections (177 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Jordan Musculus sp. (35355)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Poland Musculus pulcherrimus (124923)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13863)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Musculus somaliensis (94494) Mytilus somaliensis (93482 93490)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Musculus somaliensis (234953)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ethiopia (Afar) Mytilus somaliensis (92924)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia Mytilus somaliensis (93013 93017 93020 94546)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13813 13858 13866 13898 13901 13950 13951 13952)
Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian166.1 - 155.7Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13688)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13607 13608 13609 13661 13668 13676)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian164.7 - 157.3Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13504)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Tunisia Musculus somaliensis (13953)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Musculus somaliensis (234934 234955)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Ethiopia Musculus somaliensis (93858 93869)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Tanzania Musculus kindopeensis (36301 36304)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Greenland Musculus fisherianus (1234)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Musculus biscathorpensis (69136) Musculus fischerianus (69134)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Musculus autissiodorensis (13368 13377 13393 13394 13399)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Musculus fischerianus (69135 69137)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Musculus biscathorpensis, Musculus zakharovi (69126)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation Musculus sibiricus (2450 2456 2459 2460) Musculus sp. (2457) Musculus strajeskianus (2492)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Musculus sibiricus (189635 189638) Musculus sp. (189621)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Musculus sibiricus (189644 189647 189648)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Musculus sibiricus (2466 2473)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation Musculus sibiricus, Musculus sp. (2493)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Musculus striatocostatus (6280)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Jordan Musculus sp. (154978)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Musculus sp. (185368)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Musculus sp. (74010 74013 74019 74027 74039 74070 74074 74085 74090)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) Musculus aprilis (105859 106083)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia Musculus michali (1365)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Libya Musculus michali (1370)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Musculus vincenti (22931)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Musculus sp. (226627 226629)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Musculus carlotae (42918 42920)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Musculus sp. (52830)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Musculus sp. (8047)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Musculus sp. (3292)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation Musculus snatolensis (50051)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Hungary Brachiodontes corrugatus (171636)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Musculus sp. (52805 52827)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Musculus analogus (9067 9072 9073)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Russian Federation Musculus snatolensis (70518)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Musculus philippii (8211)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jutland) Musculus sp. (9176)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) Musculus saucatsensis, Musculus sp. (74865)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Musculus kryshtofovitschi (50050)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.03 - 11.62Russian Federation Musculus kryshtofovitschi (50171)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608French Southern Territories (Kerguelen Island) Musculus delicatula (209847) Mytilus magellanicus (209848)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Russian Federation Musculus kryshtofovitschi (50141)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation Musculus kryshtofovitschi (50037) Musculus praeniger (50038)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Musculus sorgenfreii (186883 186884)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Musculus sorgenfreii (62885) Musculus sternbergensis (61896)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Croatia Musculus sarmaticus (68213)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Musculus kryshtofovichi (45448) Musculus kryshtofovitschi (70446 70562)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Musculus biformis (51689 51690) Musculus biformis, Musculus sp. (70539)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Modiolaria corioensis (72206)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Musculus conditus (60288)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Iran Musculus naviculoides, Musculus sp. (77194 77195) Musculus sp. (77196 77200)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Russian Federation Musculus niger (50048)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Romania Musculus sarmaticus (70570 70575 70617 70618)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland Musculus sarmaticus, Musculus gatuevi, Musculus voroninae (70683)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan Musculus naviculoides (174760)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania Musculus sarmaticus, Musculus incrassatus (72302)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Iran Musculus sarmaticus, Musculus sp. (77234)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Musculus niger (37387 37401 37410)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Musculus kryshtofovitschi (70478)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Musculus costulatus (168730)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Musculus niger (50042)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Musculus lateralis (41543)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Musculus discors (86801)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Musculus discors (76982)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Musculus nanus (84520 84533)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Musculus niger (49976 70471)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Modiolus stalderi (220032)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Ryukyu) Musculus neglecta (41597)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Musculus virginica (78261)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Musculus laevigatus (97077)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Musculus subpictus (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Musculus lateralis (58897)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greenland Musculus niger (75091 75099 75101)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Lanistina cuneata (122941 122945)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland Musculus niger (79892 79980)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Musculus lateralis (67069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Musculus sp. (75200)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Musculus sp. (195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Musculus discors (98196)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Musculus corrugatus (66348) Musculus niger (80131) Musculus nigra (66349) Musculus substriata (66355 66356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Musculus sp. (75127 75134)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Musculus nanulus (63351)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Musculus viridulus (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Musculus sp. (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Musculus lateralis (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Musculus lateralis (57706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Musculus sp. (75216 75217)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Musculus sp. (56803)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Musculus niger (48462)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Musculus nigra (66500)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Musculus nanulus (63350)