Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) coalingensis
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1909. Paleontology of the Coalinga District, Fresno and Kings Counties, California. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 396:1-173
Belongs to Mytilus (Crenomytilus) according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Hertlein and Grant 1972 and Kern 1973
Sister taxa: Crenomytilus expansus, Crenomytilus grayanus, Crenomytilus mathewsoni, Crenomytilus schencki, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) expansus, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) kewi, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) mathewsonii, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) perrini, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) trampasensis
Subtaxa: Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis sternbergi
Type specimen: USNM 165551, a shell
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)
• Blancan of United States (4: California)
• Pliocene of United States (5: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (7: Alaska, California)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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