Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Alternative combination: Modiola contracta

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1855. Report Of Mr. T. A. Conrad On The Fossil Shells Collected In California By Wm. P. Blake, Geologist Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers. Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California. under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, In 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of WIlliam P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology 5-21

Belongs to Modiolus (Modiolus) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Conrad 1855

Sister taxa: Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) clarki, Modiolus (Modiolus) directus, Modiolus (Modiolus) fountainensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) lagunanus, Modiolus (Modiolus) mandannaensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) meganosensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) merriami, Modiolus (Modiolus) metcalfei, Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus, Modiolus (Modiolus) moralejai, Modiolus (Modiolus) paronai, Modiolus (Modiolus) pittsburgensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) radiatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) sacculifer, Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum, Modiolus (Modiolus) veronensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) waverliensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Modiolus (Modiolus) contracta in the database

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