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Myalinidae ✝

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Chesapecten jeffersonius

Surry County, Virginia, USA

Myalina sp.

Kohl’s Ranch fossil locality, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Chesapecten jeffersonius

Surry County, Virginia, USA

Myalina sp.

Kohl’s Ranch fossil locality, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Chesapecten jeffersonius

Surry County, Virginia, USA

Myalina sp.

Kohl’s Ranch fossil locality, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3247901	https://www.gbif.org/species/3247901
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61231	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61231

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Myalinidae

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
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Ambonychioidea
family	Myalinidae	Frech 1891

Scientific Name

Myalinidae

Name Published In

Frech, F. (1891). Die Devonischen Aviculiden Deutschlands. Ein Betrag zur Systematik und Stammesgeschichte der Zweischaler. Abhandlungen zur Geologischen Specialkarte von Preussen und den Thüringischen Staaten. 9(2):1–261; 9(3):199–459, 18 pl. Offprint: viii + 1–261 p.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Myalinidae	family	belongs to Ambonychiacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Myalinidae	family	belongs to Ambonychioidea	stated without evidence	McRoberts and Newell, 2005
Myalinidae	family	belongs to Ambonychioidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Myalinidae	family	belongs to Ambonychioidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Myalinidae	family	belongs to Ambonychioidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011
Myalinidae	family	belongs to Ambonychioidea	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

102

First Recorded Appearance

453 - 445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

222 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Selenimyalininae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Agerostrea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	223	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	5.33 Ma Miocene
Anomalodonta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Aviculomyalina ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Aviculopecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	794	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Chesapecten ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	178	23.0 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Elversella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	304 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Eurydesma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	188	443 Ma Silurian	269 Ma Permian
Hemimenion ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Joannina ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Liebea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	120	299 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Monotis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	328	265 Ma Permian	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Myalina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	321	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Naiadites ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	339 Ma Carboniferous	315 Ma Carboniferous
Novaculapermia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Opisthoptera ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Orthomyalina ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	65	318 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Posidoniella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	77	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	299 Ma Carboniferous
Promyalina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	355	279 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pseudomyalina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	13	296 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Selenimyalina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	345 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Septimyalina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	104	345 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Streblochondria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	167	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Vanuxemia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	80	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1891	Myalinidae Frech
1965	Myalinidae Newell p. 17
1980	Anthraconautidae Kanev
1980	Myalinidae Vokes p. 31
2005	Myalinidae McRoberts and Newell p. 3
2006	Myalinidae Anelli et al. p. 1128
2009	Myalinidae Nevesskaja
2010	Myalinidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Myalinidae Carter et al. p. 8
2014	Myalinidae Ros-Franch et al.

References

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

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

McRoberts C. A., Newell N. D. (2005) Marine Myalinidae (Bivalvia: Pterioida) from the Permian of West Texas, American Museum Novitates 3469, 1-15

Anelli L. E., Rocha-Campos A. C., et al (2006) Pennsylvannian pteriomorphian bivalves from the Piauí Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Brazil, Journal of Paleontology 80 6, 1135-1141

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

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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

Carter, J. G.; Altaba, C. R.; Anderson, L. C.; Araujo, R.; Biakov, A. S.; Bogan, A. E.; Campbell, D. C.; Campbell, M.; Jin-hua, C.; Cope, J. C. W.; Delvene, G.; Dijkstra, H. H.; Zong-jie, F.; Gardner, R. N.; Gavrilova, V. A.; Goncharova, I. A.; Harries, P. J.; Hartman, J. H.; Hautmann, M.; Hoeh, W. R.; Hylleberg, J.; Bao-yu, J.; Johnston, P.; Kirkendale, L.; Kleemann, K.; Koppka, J.; Kříž, J.; Machado, D.; Malchus, N.; Márquez-Aliaga, A.; Masse, J.-P.; McRoberts, C. A.; Middelfart, P.U.; Mitchell, S.; Nevesskaja, L. A.; Özer, S.; Pojeta, J. Jr.; Polubotko, I.V.; Pons, J. M.; Popov, S.; Sánchez, T.; Sartori, A. F.; Scott, R. W.; Sey, I. I.; Signorelli, J. H.; Silantiev, V. V.; Skelton, P. W.; Steuber, T.; Waterhouse, J. B.; Wingard, G. L.; Yancey, T. (2011). A synoptical classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1-47. - via World Register of Marine Species

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