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Modiolidae
Taxonomy
Modiolidae was named by Termier and Termier (1950). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Modiolinae by Adegoke (1977), Moore (1983), Squires and Goedert (1991), Maxwell (1992), Spencer et al. (2004), Beu (2006), von Cosel and Marshall (2010), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Mytilidae by Adegoke (1977), Moore (1983), Squires and Goedert (1991), Maxwell (1992), Spencer et al. (2004), Beu (2006), von Cosel and Marshall (2010), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).
It was reranked as the subfamily Modiolinae by Adegoke (1977), Moore (1983), Squires and Goedert (1991), Maxwell (1992), Spencer et al. (2004), Beu (2006), von Cosel and Marshall (2010), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Mytilidae by Adegoke (1977), Moore (1983), Squires and Goedert (1991), Maxwell (1992), Spencer et al. (2004), Beu (2006), von Cosel and Marshall (2010), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1880 | Jolyidae Bourguignat |
| 1977 | Modiolinae Adegoke p. 229 |
| 1983 | Modiolinae Moore p. A74 |
| 1991 | Modiolinae Squires and Goedert p. 413 |
| 1992 | Modiolinae Maxwell p. 64 |
| 2004 | Modiolinae Spencer et al. |
| 2006 | Modiolinae Beu p. 188 |
| 2010 | Modiolinae Bouchet et al. |
| 2010 | Modiolinae von Cosel and Marshall p. 60 |
| 2011 | Modiolinae Carter et al. p. 6 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rupelian | USA (Washington) | Modiolidae indet. (45805 45806 45808) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | Modiolidae indet. (45809 206067) |