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Mytilus dimidiatus (Goldfuss, 1841) †
1743696 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1743696)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Cardium dimidiatum Goldfuss, 1841 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Cardium dimidiatum Goldfuss, 1841 †) 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): 284-285, pl. 160, fig. 16 [details]
page(s): 284-285, pl. 160, fig. 16 [details]
Type locality contained in Germany
type locality contained in Germany [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Status Status and classification highly doubtful. Based on an internal mould; the Paleozoic age precludes classification in the...
Status Status and classification highly doubtful. Based on an internal mould; the Paleozoic age precludes classification in the modern genus Mytilus. Not found in the literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. [details]
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(of Cardium dimidiatum Goldfuss, 1841 †) 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): 284-285, pl. 160, fig. 16 [details]
basis of record Mallada, L. (1878). Sinópsis de las especies fósiles que se han encontrado en España. Cuaderno 1.e. Fundición de Manuel Tello, Madrid, 160 pp. + 7 pls. (Silurian) + 19 pls. (Devonian) + 38 pls. (Carboniferous).
page(s): 52 [details]
page(s): 284-285, pl. 160, fig. 16 [details]
basis of record Mallada, L. (1878). Sinópsis de las especies fósiles que se han encontrado en España. Cuaderno 1.e. Fundición de Manuel Tello, Madrid, 160 pp. + 7 pls. (Silurian) + 19 pls. (Devonian) + 38 pls. (Carboniferous).
page(s): 52 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status Status and classification highly doubtful. Based on an internal mould; the Paleozoic age precludes classification in the modern genus Mytilus. Not found in the literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. [details]
