Mytilidae

The Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, Limnoperna, inhabits freshwater environments. Mytilidae, which contains some 52 genera, is the only extant family within the order Mytilida.

Mytilidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
musselPBDB
Sits inside
MytiloideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwaterPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 424 million years on record.

The record covers at least 425 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 426.7 Mya to 0 Mya.

Silurian — about 3 of 6118 occurrencesDevonian — about 32 of 6118 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 87 of 6118 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 183 of 6118 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 23 of 6118 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 102 of 6118 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 276 of 6118 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 625 of 6118 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 615 of 6118 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 649 of 6118 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 274 of 6118 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 757 of 6118 occurrencesPaleocene — about 143 of 6118 occurrencesEocene — about 492 of 6118 occurrencesOligocene — about 266 of 6118 occurrencesMiocene — about 640 of 6118 occurrencesPliocene — about 206 of 6118 occurrencesPleistocene — about 643 of 6118 occurrences435–421 Mya — about 2 occurrences421–406 Mya — about 4 occurrences406–392 Mya — about 11 occurrences392–377 Mya — about 17 occurrences377–363 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences363–348 Mya — about 1 occurrence348–334 Mya — about 9 occurrences334–319 Mya — about 25 occurrences319–305 Mya — about 38 occurrences305–290 Mya — about 47 occurrences290–276 Mya — about 31 occurrences276–261 Mya — about 53 occurrences261–247 Mya — about 92 occurrences247–232 Mya — about 169 occurrences232–218 Mya — about 61 occurrences218–203 Mya — about 100 occurrences203–189 Mya — about 362 occurrences189–174 Mya — about 312 occurrences174–160 Mya — about 663 occurrences160–145 Mya — about 578 occurrences145–131 Mya — about 90 occurrences131–116 Mya — about 92 occurrences116–102 Mya — about 100 occurrences102–87 Mya — about 203 occurrences87–73 Mya — about 98 occurrences73–58 Mya — about 572 occurrences58–44 Mya — about 237 occurrences44–29 Mya — about 403 occurrences29–15 Mya — about 460 occurrences15–0 Mya — about 1285 occurrences425 Mya11.7 ka435 Mya0 Mya

6,118 occurrences of Mytilidae on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

6,118 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

1075 formations

Dhruma — 24.23°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 23.17°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 22.62°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 22.53°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 21.12°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.53°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 22.83°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°ETataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°EAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WAlcobaca — 39.55°N, 9.00°WWoodbine — 32.73°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.46°WWoodbine — 33.76°N, 96.54°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 31.98°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 31.85°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.35°N, 97.39°WWoodbine — 32.55°N, 97.24°WWoodbine — 32.63°N, 97.29°WWoodbine — 32.56°N, 97.14°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.08°WWoodbine — 32.74°N, 97.11°WWoodbine — 33.05°N, 96.99°WWoodbine — 33.40°N, 96.96°WWoodbine — 33.16°N, 96.94°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.30°WWoodbine — 33.60°N, 96.37°WWoodbine — 33.86°N, 95.25°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 33.55°N, 117.82°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 36.20°N, 121.32°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 119.03°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 118.88°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 118.82°WVaqueros — 34.45°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 119.33°WVaqueros — 34.44°N, 119.20°WVaqueros — 34.51°N, 120.23°WVaqueros — 34.52°N, 120.43°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 120.29°WVaqueros — 34.53°N, 120.35°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.16°WVaqueros — 34.92°N, 119.13°WVaqueros — 34.98°N, 120.21°WVaqueros — 35.27°N, 120.60°WVaqueros — 35.66°N, 120.92°WVaqueros — 35.25°N, 120.06°WVaqueros — 35.34°N, 120.13°WVaqueros — 35.78°N, 120.99°WVaqueros — 35.78°N, 121.06°WVaqueros — 35.77°N, 120.93°WVaqueros — 36.07°N, 121.28°WChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EMoreno — 37.92°N, 121.79°WMoreno — 37.48°N, 121.23°WMoreno — 37.26°N, 121.16°WMoreno — 37.25°N, 121.15°WKap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WSevern — 38.80°N, 77.00°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WSevern — 39.33°N, 76.03°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.76°N, 85.13°WProvidence — 31.73°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.73°N, 88.90°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.03°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 86.78°WPrairie Bluff — 31.95°N, 86.70°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WCastilletes — 11.95°N, 71.32°WCastilletes — 11.93°N, 71.36°WCastilletes — 11.95°N, 71.29°WQingyan — 26.33°N, 106.68°EQingyan — 26.92°N, 108.73°EQingyan — 26.35°N, 106.70°EArcadia — 27.89°N, 82.48°WArcadia — 27.93°N, 82.44°WArcadia — 27.96°N, 82.37°WArcadia — 28.15°N, 82.76°WArcadia — 30.21°N, 84.30°WArcadia — 30.24°N, 84.23°WArcadia — 30.62°N, 84.91°WArcadia — 30.69°N, 84.84°WArcadia — 30.72°N, 85.53°WLa Meseta — 64.23°S, 56.65°WLa Meseta — 64.25°S, 56.70°WLa Meseta — 64.22°S, 56.64°WLa Meseta — 64.26°S, 56.62°WTurmiel Fm — 40.40°N, 1.50°WRoca — 37.56°S, 69.85°WRoca — 37.54°S, 69.87°WRoca — 36.20°S, 69.50°WRoca — 35.85°S, 69.80°WRoca — 34.73°S, 69.65°WRoca — 35.90°S, 69.53°WRoca — 35.43°S, 69.73°WRoca — 35.52°S, 69.72°WRoca — 35.68°S, 69.67°WRoca — 36.55°S, 68.15°WRoca — 41.00°S, 69.25°WPiedra Pintada — 40.12°S, 70.27°WPiedra Pintada — 39.87°S, 70.48°WPiedra Pintada — 39.97°S, 70.47°WPiedra Pintada — 40.05°S, 70.35°WPiedra Pintada — 40.15°S, 70.30°WAberhan Sinemur — 33.47°S, 70.75°WKiowa — 37.32°N, 99.75°WKiowa — 37.28°N, 99.66°WKiowa — 37.22°N, 99.90°WKiowa — 37.44°N, 99.08°WKiowa — 37.40°N, 99.02°WKiowa — 37.44°N, 99.18°WKiowa — 38.40°N, 98.04°WKiowa — 38.65°N, 98.01°WKiowa — 38.63°N, 98.10°WKiowa — 38.89°N, 97.79°WKiowa — 38.73°N, 97.53°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.75°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.86°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.25°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.22°WTemblor — 36.34°N, 120.36°WTemblor — 35.50°N, 119.78°WTemblor — 35.88°N, 120.10°WTemblor — 35.44°N, 119.85°WShuqra — 14.27°N, 48.57°EShuqra — 14.30°N, 48.47°EShuqra — 14.32°N, 48.45°EBlue Lias — 50.00°N, 2.00°WBlue Lias — 51.00°N, 3.00°WBlue Lias — 51.17°N, 3.27°WBlue Lias — 50.80°N, 3.03°W

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The named rock units Mytilidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1,051 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,827 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Mytilidae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Mytilidae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

2,183 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,348 sites for Mytilidae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

1,197 references

Each of the 6,118 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 1,185 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Mytilidae

Credit
Benutzer:Darkone
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itMytiloidea through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Rafinesque 1815