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Brachidontes (Aeidimytilus) gabbi

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy

Modiolus gabbi was named by Clark (1915).

It was recombined as Brachidontes (Aeidimytilus) gabbi by Moore (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. briarti, B. fulpensis, B. matchgaransis, B. multilingera, B. sakakurai, B. suberosus, B. tenuisculpta, B. fulpensis, B. grammatus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1915	Modiolus gabbi Clark p. 458 figs. Plate 48, figure 1
1983	Brachidontes (Aeidimytilus) gabbi Moore p. A69 figs. Plate 17, figure 8

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Mytilomorphi	Ferussac 1822
order	Mytilida	(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamily	Mytiloidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Mytilidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Mytilinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Brachidontes	Swainson 1840
subgenus	Aeidimytilus	(Olsson 1961)
species	gabbi	()

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.

†Brachidontes (Aeidimytilus) gabbi Clark 1915

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteg

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:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-11-26 08:33:37

Modified:

2009-08-18 19:39:33

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Russian Federation (Sakhalin)	Modiolus gabbi (1333)