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Mysella

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287146	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287146
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	59504	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59504

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Lasaeidae : Mysella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Neoleptonidae : Mysella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Leptonidina	Dall 1889
superfamily	Cyamioidea
family	Neoleptonidae	Thiele 1934
genus	Mysella	Angas 1877

Scientific Name

Mysella Angas, 1877

Name Published In

Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Calvitium	genus	belongs to Neoleptonidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Calvitium	genus	belongs to Neoleptonidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Cyamioidea)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cyamioidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mysella alpha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella angasiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella antarctica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella apudalpha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella australis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella beaufortensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Mysella beta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella bladenensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella bladensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella cahuelmensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella coani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella concentrica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella cretacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella donaciformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella grebnitzkii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella gurjanovae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella henryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella hounselli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella kurilensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella lachlani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella lactea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella larochei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella macquariensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella majorina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella moelleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella morioria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella mortoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella nipponica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella ovalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella ovata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mysella patagona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella planata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella putealis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella rochebrunei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella sovialiki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella spernax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella subquadrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella tanabensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella tellinula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella trigonoelliptica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Mysella triquetra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella unidentata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella velaini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella ventricosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mysella vitrea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Rochfortia Dall, 1899	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Lasaeidae : *Rochfortia*
Virmysella Iredale, 1930	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Lasaeidae : *Virmysella*
Calvitium Laseron, 1953	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Galeommatida : Lasaeidae : *Calvitium*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1953	Calvitium Laseron
1980	Calvitium Vokes p. 116
1998	Calvitium Lamprell and Healy p. 166

References

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

Lamprell K., Healy J. (1998) , Bivalves of Australia 2

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. - via World Register of Marine Species

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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