Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Modiolus (Botula)
Parent taxon: Modiolinae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cooke 1919, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Mikkelsen 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Botula cassiana Botula cinnamomeus Botula fusca Botula pirriei
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Bermuda (1), Jamaica (1), Kenya (1), United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (9), Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (1), Italy (4), Morocco (2), Panama (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (8: Florida)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (3)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), France (1), Germany (1), India (1), Lebanon (1), the Netherlands (1), United States (73: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Wyoming)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 134 collections including 144 occurrences
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