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Botula fusca

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Mytilus fuscus was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was recombined as Botula fusca by Woodring (1957), Richards et al. (1969) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. carolinensis, B. similoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Mytilus fuscus Gmelin
1957Botula fusca Woodring
1969Botula fusca Richards et al. p. 4
2008Botula fusca Hendy et al.

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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
subfamilyModiolinae(Termier and Termier 1950)
genusBotulaMörch 1853
speciesfusca(Gmelin 1791)

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.

Botula fusca Gmelin 1791
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
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
Epibiont: yessubf
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:49:15
Modified: 2009-10-10 16:28:54
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Mytilus fuscus (77403)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Botula fusca (49493)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Mytilus fuscus (37365 37367 37368)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Botula fusca (34723 70890)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Botula fusca (69864 70861 70862 70863 70864 70880 70882 70885 70887)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Botula fusca (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Botula fusca (80407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Botula fusca (67946)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Botula fusca (97606 97608 97609)