Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Synonym: Lithodominae Gray 1854
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Moore 1983 and Spencer et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, Crenomytilus, Cuneolus, Dacrydium, Eyrena, Falcimytilus, Fluviolanatus, Geukensia, Hilgardella, Inoperna, Lecompteus, Lioberus, Lithophaga, Lycettia, Mauricia, Modiolaria, Modiolatus, Modiolinae, Modiolus, Musculista, Mytilaster, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Phthonia, Promytilus, Rhomboidella, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Vulcanidas, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Subtaxa: Adula Botulini Lithophagini Zelithophaga
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: California)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences