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Aulacomya

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Description

Aulacomya is a genus of edible saltwater mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae, the true mussels.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulacomya, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8029192	https://www.gbif.org/species/8029192
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16343	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16343

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Aulacomya

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Aulacomya

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	Pteriomorphia
-	Mytilomorphi	Ferussac 1822
order	Mytilida
superfamily	Mytiloidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Mytilidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Aulacomya	Mörch 1853

Scientific Name

Aulacomya Mörch, 1853

Name Published In

Mörch, O. A. L. 1853. Acephala. Annulata. Cirripedia. Echinodermata. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi. Typis Ludovici Kleini,1852-1853., Hafniae. Vol. 2: 1-74.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aulacomya	genus	belongs to Mytilidae	stated without evidence	Vokes, 1980
Aulacomya	genus	belongs to Mytilinae	stated without evidence	Stilwell and Zinsmeister, 1992
Aulacomya	genus	belongs to Mytiloida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Aulacomya	genus	belongs to Mytilidae	stated without evidence	Mikkelsen, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (67%)

First Recorded Appearance

61.6 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwater (based on Mytilidae)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Mytilidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Mytilidae)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Mytilidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite,intermediate,minor ribbing (based on Mytilidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulacomya

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aulacomya atra species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Aulacomya capensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aulacomya maoriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aulacomya regia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aulacomya subfragilis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Mytilus subfragilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Aulaeomya Martens, 1873	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : *Aulaeomya*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Aulacomya Mörch p. 53
1980	Aulacomya Vokes p. 23
1991	Aulacomya Gordillo p. 129
1992	Aulacomya Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 56
2002	Aulacomya Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Aulacomya Mikkelsen

References

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

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

Gordillo S. (1991) Paleoecologia de moluscos marinos del Holoceno medio de Isla Gable, Canal Beagle, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Ameghiniana 28 1-2, 127-133

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Western Atlantic Bivalves [http://peet.amnh.org/Western_Atlantic_Bivalves.html]

Moerch, O.A.L. (1853). Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso D'Aguirra & Gadea, comes de Yoldi, regis Daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis Dannebrogici in prima classe & ordinis Caroli Tertii eques. Fasciculus secundus. Acephala. Annulata Cirripedia. Echonodermata. [IV] + 76 p. [post 1 April 1853] - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Cat. Conch. Yoldi, 2 - 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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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