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Dacrydium

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Dacrydium was named by Torell (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Modiolum (Dacrydium) by Görges (1941).

It was assigned to Modiolum by Görges (1941); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); to Crenellinae by Spencer et al. (2004); to Mytilidae by Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Todd (2001) and Mikkelsen (2006); and to Dacrydiini by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Dacrydium Torell
1936Quendreda Iredale
1941Modiolum (Dacrydium) Görges p. 159
1980Dacrydium Vokes p. 24
1980Quendreda Vokes p. 27
1998Dacrydium Lamprell and Healy p. 84
2001Dacrydium Todd
2002Dacrydium Sepkoski
2002Quendreda Sepkoski
2004Dacrydium Spencer et al.
2006Dacrydium Mikkelsen
2010Dacrydium Bouchet et al.

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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
genusDacrydiumTorell 1859

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. Dacrydium Torell 1859
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Dacrydium cupressinum Couper 1960
Dacrydium florinii Cookson and Pike 1953
Invalid names: Quendreda Iredale 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available