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Myofossa

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Myofossa is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pholadomyoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sanguinolitinae by Morris et al. (1991) and Franke (2016).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Myofossa Morris et al. p. 94
2002Myofossa Sepkoski
2016Myofossa Franke p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilySanguinolitinaeMiller 1877
genusMyofossa

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. †Myofossa
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Subg. †Myofossa (Myofossa) Waterhouse 1969
Subg. †Myofossa (Ragozinia) Muromtseva 1984
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Invalid names: Myonia (Myonia) gorskyi Astafieva-Urbajtis 1976 [synonym], Ragozinia dembskajae Muromtseva and Guskov 1984 [synonym]
Myofossa constricta McCoy 1851
Myofossa solita Waterhouse 1987
Myofossa subarbitrata Dickins 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available