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Brachiodontes

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Brachiodontes was named by Swainson (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mytilidae by Swainson (1840) and Turner (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Brachiodontes Swainson
1938Brachiodontes Turner p. 45

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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
genusBrachiodontesSwainson 1840

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. Brachiodontes Swainson 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height111.5

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: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 08:44:50
Modified: 2007-11-26 10:44:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 163.50000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Portugal (Porto de Mos) B. sp. (196750 196752 196754 196758 196759 196760 196761)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) B. filisculptus (53489)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) B. sp. (5565)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) B. sp. (86460)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) B. cowlitzensis (200748 200792 200796 200797 200798 200800 200804 200873)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Rajasthan) B. sp. (46999)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Oregon) B. cowlitzensis (200883 200901)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) B. cowlitzensis (200899)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) B. cowlitzensis (16712 200734)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) B. cowlitzensis (200870 200874 200890 200897 200910 200914 201033 201039 201041)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) B. cowlitzensis (202055 202080 202085)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Oregon) B. cowlitzensis (200858 200859 200860 200861 200863 200867 200868 200920 200922 201047)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) B. mississippiensis (205616 205618)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) B. mississippiensis (169205)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) B. sp. (156678)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) B. sp. (80036)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) B. exustis (80025) B. exustus (41501 41718 79787 80024)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) B. exustus (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) B. exustus (80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) B. ustulatus (81106)