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Taxonomy
Plicatomytilus was named as a genus. It is not extant.
It was reranked as Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) by Allison and Addicott (1976) and Moore (1983).
It was assigned to Mytilus by Allison and Addicott (1976) and Moore (1983); to Mytilidae by Kafanov et al. (2001); and to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) by Allison and Addicott (1976) and Moore (1983).
It was assigned to Mytilus by Allison and Addicott (1976) and Moore (1983); to Mytilidae by Kafanov et al. (2001); and to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Mytilus acutefinitus, Mytilus antiquorum, Mytilus avirostrum, Mytilus beyrichi, Mytilus canoasenis, Mytilus crassitesta, Mytilus enuiformis, Mytilus folioformis, Mytilus hasta, Mytilus heranius, Mytilus incurvus, Mytilus littoralis, Mytilus nigeriensis, Mytilus peregrinus, Mytilus pernoides, Mytilus primulus, Mytilus sulmensis, Mytilus whitei
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1976 | Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) Allison and Addicott pp. 9-13 |
1983 | Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) Moore p. A65 figs. Plate 16, figures 3 - 6 |
2001 | Plicatomytilus Kafanov et al. |
2002 | Plicatomytilus Sepkoski |
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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.
Subg. †Mytilus (Plicatomytilus)
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†Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) gratacapi Allison and Addicott 1976
†Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) middendorffi Grewingk 1850
†Plicatomytilus allisoni Kafanov 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available