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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	90009	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=90009

Rank

superfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytiloidea

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

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mytiloidea	superfamily	belongs to Bivalvia	stated without evidence	Squires and Goedert, 1991
Mytiloidea	superfamily	belongs to Mytiloida	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Mytiloidea	superfamily	belongs to Mytiloida	stated with evidence	Bieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Mytiloidea	superfamily	belongs to Mytiloida	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Mytiloidea	superfamily	belongs to Mytilida	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Mytiloidea	superfamily	belongs to Mytilida	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

589

Extant Size (PBDB)

173 (29%)

First Recorded Appearance

427 - 426 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary (based on Mytilida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Mytilida)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Mytilida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. A. Todd. 2001. Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections. [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Crenellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		191	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Mytilidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Mussel	5,934	427 Ma Silurian	0 Ma Extant
Septiferidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1815	Mytilacea Rafinesque
1815	Mytiloidea Rafinesque
1904	Mytilaeea Glenn p. 362
1965	Mytilacea Newell p. 17
1980	Mytilacea Vokes p. 22
1982	Mytilacea Dockery p. 38
1984	Mytilacea Squires p. 42
1987	Mytilacea Squires p. 56
1987	Mytilacea Ward and Blackwelder p. 129

Year	Name and Author
1991	Mytiloidea Squires and Goedert p. 413
1992	Mytilacea Maxwell p. 64
1992	Mytilacea Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 54
2001	Mytiloidea Todd
2006	Mytiloidea Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 229
2009	Mytiloidea Nevesskaja
2010	Mytiloidea Bouchet et al.
2011	Mytiloidea Carter et al. p. 6

References

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

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

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261

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., Goedert J. L. (1991) New Late Eocene mollusks from localized limestone deposits formed by subduction-related methane seeps, Southwestern Washington, Journal of Paleontology 65 3, 412-416 doi:10.1017/S0022336000030389

Maxwell P. A. (1992) Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65, 1-280

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

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

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

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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