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Musculus
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Mytiloida
Superfamily:
Mytilacea (mussels)
Family:
Mytilidae
Subfamily:
Crenellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Musculus RÖDING, 1798, p. 156
Type Species:
Mytilus discors Linné, 1767, SD IREDALE, 1915, p. 485
Images
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Fig. C19,1. *M. (M.) discors (Linné), Rec., Denm., LV ext., X2 (450)
Synonyms
Modiolaria, Modiolarca, Planimodiola
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Modioliform, with broadly rounded umbonal keel, posterodorsal part usually separated from remainder of valve by furrow, radiate sculpture separated in middle by concentrically striated area, margins crenulated, dysodont teeth in front and behind ligament
References
Röding, P. F., 1798, Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten, M.D.p.d., Pars Secunda: viii +119 p., Typis Johan Christi Trapii (Hamburg).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Mytiloida
Superfamily:
Mytilacea (mussels)
Family:
Mytilidae
Subfamily:
Crenellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Musculus RÖDING, 1798, p. 156
Type Species:
Mytilus discors Linné, 1767, SD IREDALE, 1915, p. 485
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C19,1. *M. (M.) discors (Linné), Rec., Denm., LV ext., X2 (450)
Synonyms
Modiolaria, Modiolarca, Planimodiola
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Modioliform, with broadly rounded umbonal keel, posterodorsal part usually separated from remainder of valve by furrow, radiate sculpture separated in middle by concentrically striated area, margins crenulated, dysodont teeth in front and behind ligament
References
Röding, P. F., 1798, Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten, M.D.p.d., Pars Secunda: viii +119 p., Typis Johan Christi Trapii (Hamburg).