Lanistina arcacea Tate 1886 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae

Alternative combination: Modiolaria arcacea

Full reference: R. Tate. 1886. The lamellibranchs of the Older Tertiary of Australia (part 1). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 8:96-158

Belongs to Lanistina according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1886

Sister taxa: Musculus (Musculus), Musculus (Ryenella), Musculus (Skarlatella), Musculus (Undatimusculus), Musculus balcombei, Musculus delicatula, Musculus discors, Musculus glacialis, Musculus kryshtofovitschi, Musculus nanulus, Musculus nanus, Musculus niger, Musculus somaliensis, Musculus sorgenfreii, Musculus viridulus, Lanistina corioensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lanistina arcacea in the database

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