Volsella anomala Russell and Landes 1937 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Full reference: L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221

Belongs to Volsella according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937

Sister taxa: Modiolus (Volsella) henryi, Modiolus (Volsella) onoensis, Volsella attenuata, Volsella bakevelloides, Volsella flabellata, Volsella flichei, Volsella galpiniana, Volsella siskiyouensis, Volsella telea, Volsella wrighti

Type specimen: GSC 9351, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Manyberries [Bearpaw Fm] (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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