MolluscaBase - Mytilus ungulacaprae Münster, 1837 †

MolluscaBase name details

Mytilus ungulacaprae Münster, 1837 †

AphiaID

1503421 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1503421)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Trigonipraxis ungulacaprae (Münster, 1837) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Mytilus ungulacaprae Münster, 1837 †

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Goldfuss, G. A. (1833–1841). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Zweiter Teil: 312 pp. Düsseldorf: Arnz & Comp. [1-68, pls. LXXII-XCVI, (1833); 69-140, pls. XCVII-CXXI, (1835); 141-224, pls. CXXII-CXLVI, (1837); 225-312, pls. CXLVII-CLXV, (1841)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.].
page(s): 172, pl. 130, fig. 1a-c [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Austria, Hungary

type locality contained in Austria (inaccurate) [details]
type locality contained in Hungary [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilus ungulacaprae Münster, 1837 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1503421 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-04-08 11:17:34Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-01-14 17:52:46Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

2022-11-21 12:29:08Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description Goldfuss, G. A. (1833–1841). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Zweiter Teil: 312 pp. Düsseldorf: Arnz & Comp. [1-68, pls. LXXII-XCVI, (1833); 69-140, pls. XCVII-CXXI, (1835); 141-224, pls. CXXII-CXLVI, (1837); 225-312, pls. CXLVII-CLXV, (1841)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.].
page(s): 172, pl. 130, fig. 1a-c [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Spelling Originally introduced as "Mytilus ungula caprae" but apparently considered a full species [details]