Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to F. E. Turner 1938
See also Bhatia and Khosla 1978
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Ciboticola, Coxesia, Crenomytilus, 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: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), United States (7: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Virginia)
• Miocene of Colombia (1)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of India (1), United States (35: California, Oregon)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Arizona, Texas)
• Jurassic of Portugal (7)
Total: 59 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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