Mytilida

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	243990	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=243990

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Mytilomorphi	Ferussac 1822
order	Mytilida	(Rafinesque 1815)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mytilida	order	belongs to Pteriomorphia	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Mytilida	order	belongs to Pteriomorpha	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Mytilida	order	belongs to Pteriomorphia	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Mytilida	order	belongs to Bivalvia	stated without evidence	Squires, 1988
Mytilida	order	belongs to Bivalvia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Mytilida	order	belongs to Pteriomorphia	stated with evidence	Giribet and Wheeler, 2002
Mytilida	order	belongs to Isofilibranchia	stated without evidence	Scholz et al., 2008
Mytilida	order	belongs to Autobranchia	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Mytilida	order	belongs to Pteriomorphia	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Mytilida	order	belongs to Mytilomorphi	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

648

Extant Size (PBDB)

185 (29%)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Motility

stationary (based on Mytilida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Mytilida)

Ecospace Comments

MINERALOGY: Mineralogy ranging from totally aragonitic to predominantly calcitic (Carter et al. 1998); ranges from intermediate and low-level tiers to shallow and deep infaunal; placed here in low-level epifaunal.

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Mytilida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Isognomoidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Lunulacardioidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Malleoidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Modiolopsoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	15	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Mysidielloidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Mytiloidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	6,130	427 Ma Silurian	0 Ma Extant
Austromytilus genus	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Breviorthonota ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Coxesia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Fungiacava genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Gibbomodiola genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Lithodomina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	269 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Modiomytilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Leiosolenus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Mytilon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mytilops ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Modiolula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Paramusculus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Pernomytilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Praemytilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pseudocolpomya ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Regoria ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Regulifer ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Rhynchomytilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Semimodiola ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	47.8 Ma Eocene
Septiola ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Skarlatella genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Sootryenella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Striomodiolus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Strimodiolus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Undatimusculus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1815	Mytiloida Rafinesque
1965	Mytiloida Newell p. 17
1980	Mytiloida Vokes p. 22
1984	Mytiloida Squires p. 42
1987	Mytiloida Squires p. 56
1987	Mytiloida Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1988	Mytiloida Squires p. 17

Year	Name and Author
2002	Mytiloida Giribet and Wheeler
2002	Mytiloida Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Mytiloida Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230
2008	Mytiloida Scholz et al.
2009	Mytiloida Nevesskaja
2010	Mytilida Bouchet et al.
2011	Mytilida Carter et al. p. 6

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Squires R. L. (1988) Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398, 1-23

Giribet G., Wheeler W. (2002) On bivalve phylogeny: a high-level analysis of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) based on combined morphology and DNA sequence data, Invertebrate Biology 121 4, 271-324

Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235

Scholz A., Aberhan M., et al (2008) Early Jurassic bivalves of the Antimonio terrane (Sonora, NW Mexico): Taxonomy, biogeography, and paleogeographic implications, Geological Society of America Special Paper 442, 269-312

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

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