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Mytilus californianus

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Mytilus californianus was named by Conrad (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mytilus (Mytilus) californianus by Moore (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Mytilus californianus Conrad
1959Mytilus californianus Addicott and Emerson p. 17
1964Mytilus californianus Faustman p. 117
1983Mytilus (Mytilus) californianus Moore pp. A61 - A62 figs. Plate 13, figures 15, 16
2000Mytilus californianus Coan et al. p. 157
2012Mytilus californianus Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 119
2021Mytilus californianus Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMytilinaeRafinesque 1815
genusMytilusLinnaeus 1758
speciescalifornianusConrad 1837

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
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: 2007-10-05 05:20:55
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:24:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Quaternary to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Mytilus californianus (214277)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Mytilus californianus (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Mytilus californianus (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Mytilus californianus (71142)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Mytilus californianus (37937 37938 37939 37940 37941 37943 37944 37945 37946 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Mytilus californianus (138723 222998)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Mytilus californianus (67613 67641 67642 67643 226464 226467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mytilus californianus (59063 96555 223042 223044 223068)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Mytilus californianus (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) Mytilus californianus (191984)