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Musculium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae

Taxonomy
Musculium was named by Link (1807). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sphaeriidae by Kittle and Portell (2010); and to Musculiinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Musculium Link
2010Musculium Bouchet et al.
2010Musculium Kittle and Portell p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilySphaerioideaDeshayes 1854
familySphaeriidaeDeshayes 1855
subfamilySphaeriinaeDeshayes 1855
genusMusculiumLink 1807

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. Musculium Link 1807
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Musculium miocaenicum Neubauer and Harzhauser 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available