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Volsellina heywoodi

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Volsellina heywoodi was named by Waterhouse (1987). Its type specimen is UQ F74313, a valve (Right valve internal mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is UQ L4594, quarry along highway north of Theodore, Bowen Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Volsellina heywoodi Waterhouse p. 138 figs. Pl 1, figs 22-25

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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
genusVolsellina
speciesheywoodi

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.

Volsellina heywoodi Waterhouse 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
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 05:18:14
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:27:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Volsellina heywoodi (101569 type locality: 120336 120338 120339 120341 120536)