Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to S. Kiel and K. Amano 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Kiel 2006, Kiel et al. 2010 and Mikkelsen 2006
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, 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: Bathymodiolus inouei Bathymodiolus palmarensis Bathymodiolus satsopensis Bathymodiolus tangaroa Bathymodiolus thermophilus Bathymodiolus willapaensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Colombia (1), Japan (1), United States (10: Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Japan (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of United States (7: Washington)
Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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