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Praemytilus
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Mytiloida
Superfamily:
Mytilacea (mussels)
Family:
Mytilidae
Subfamily:
Modiolinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Praemytilus Anderson & COX, 1948, p. 105
Type Species:
Mytilus (P.) strathairdensis, OD
Images
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Fig. C21,2. *P. strathairdensis (Anderson & Cox), Estheria Sh., Scot. (Strathaird), LV ext., X1.2 (16).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
W.Scot.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(Bathon.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
168.17
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(Bathon.)
Ending International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
165.29
Description
Narrowly and obliquely ovate, with rather broad, edentulous, anterior marginal reflection and deep, elongate anterior adductor scar adjoining it
References
Cox, L. R., 1948-49, A survey of the Mollusca of the British Great Oolite series, primarily a nomenclatorial revision of the monographs by Morris and Lycett (1851-55), Lycett Cox, L. R., and Blake (1905-1907): Palaeontograph Soc., pt. 1 Cox, L. R., , xiii+48 p.; pt. 2 Cox, L. R., , xiv-xxiv+49-105 p.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Mytiloida
Superfamily:
Mytilacea (mussels)
Family:
Mytilidae
Subfamily:
Modiolinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Praemytilus Anderson & COX, 1948, p. 105
Type Species:
Mytilus (P.) strathairdensis, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C21,2. *P. strathairdensis (Anderson & Cox), Estheria Sh., Scot. (Strathaird), LV ext., X1.2 (16).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
W.Scot.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(Bathon.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
168.17
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(Bathon.)
Ending International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
165.29
Description
Narrowly and obliquely ovate, with rather broad, edentulous, anterior marginal reflection and deep, elongate anterior adductor scar adjoining it
References
Cox, L. R., 1948-49, A survey of the Mollusca of the British Great Oolite series, primarily a nomenclatorial revision of the monographs by Morris and Lycett (1851-55), Lycett Cox, L. R., and Blake (1905-1907): Palaeontograph Soc., pt. 1 Cox, L. R., , xiii+48 p.; pt. 2 Cox, L. R., , xiv-xxiv+49-105 p.