MolluscaBase - Myacites Schlotheim, 1820 †

Traits name details

Myacites Schlotheim, 1820 †

AphiaID

1567219 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1567219)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > unavailable name (ICZN Art. 20 discarding names formed with suffix "-ites" to denote fossils)

Accepted name

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Genus

Parent

Myidae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Myacites Schlotheim, 1820 †

Direct children (4)

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Species Myacites brevis Schauroth, 1857 † accepted as Unionites brevis (Schauroth, 1857) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Myacites fabaformis Kinahan, 1878 † accepted as Anthraconaia fabaformis (Kinahan, 1878) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Myacites fassaensis Wissmann, 1841 † accepted as Unionites fassaensis (Wissmann, 1841) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Myacites longus Schauroth, 1857 † accepted as Unionites brevis (Schauroth, 1857) † (tentative subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
page(s): 176 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Myacites Schlotheim, 1820 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1567219 on 2025-05-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Myacites Schlotheim, 1820 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1567219 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-03-04 07:03:34Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2023-07-31 06:20:49Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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Sources (1)

original description Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
page(s): 176 [details]