Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Mytilus (Arcomytilus)
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to Y. S. Repin 2013
See also Iqbal 1980, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, Cuneolus, Dacrydium, Eyrena, Falcimytilus, Fluviolanatus, Geukensia, Hilgardella, Inoperna, Lecompteus, Lioberus, Lithophaga, Lithophaginae, Lycettia, Mauricia, Modiolaria, Modiolatus, Modiolinae, Modiolus, Musculista, Mytilaster, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Phthonia, Promytilus, Rhomboidella, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Vulcanidas, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Subtaxa: Arcomytilus asper Arcomytilus biochei Arcomytilus dairensis Arcomytilus furcatus Arcomytilus laitmairensis Arcomytilus nudus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Pakistan (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (2), France (1)
• Cretaceous of Chile (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1)
• Jurassic of Chile (1), China (4), Eritrea (3), Ethiopia (10), France (3), Germany (9), India (6), Iran (2), Japan (3), Jordan (6), Kenya (2), Madagascar (4), Morocco (1), Poland (1), Portugal (66), Saudi Arabia (44), Somalia (5), Spain (25), Tanzania (1), Thailand (1), Tunisia (6), the United Kingdom (5), Yemen (2)
Total: 219 collections including 224 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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