Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae
Parent taxon: Montacutidae according to R. Marquet 2005
See also Beu et al. 1990, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Moore 1992, Schneider et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Altenaeum, Barrimysia, Curvemysella, Decipula, Devonia, Fastimysia, Fronsella, Lasaeoneaera, Laubriereia, Mancikellia, Merignacia, Mioerycina, Montacuta, Montacutona, Pileatona, Pythinella, Rochefortula, Tellimya, Thecodonta, Virmysella
Subtaxa: Mysella (Mysella) Mysella (Rochefortia) Mysella beaufortensis Mysella ovata Mysella trigonoelliptica
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (3 collections), Argentina (2), Australia (1), Canada (1: Quebec), Greenland (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), South Africa (1), United States (20: California, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Panama (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Bulgaria (1), Panama (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Alabama, Texas)
Total: 44 collections including 53 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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