Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Mytilus (Crenomytilus)
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to Y. Ando 2024
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Kafanov et al. 2001, Moore 1983, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, 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: Crenomytilus expansus Crenomytilus grayanus Crenomytilus mathewsoni Crenomytilus schencki Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis Mytilus (Crenomytilus) expansus Mytilus (Crenomytilus) kewi Mytilus (Crenomytilus) mathewsonii Mytilus (Crenomytilus) perrini Mytilus (Crenomytilus) trampasensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)
• Blancan of United States (4: California)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (7: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Japan (8), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (5), United States (17: Alaska, California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Austria (5), Canada (1: British Columbia), Turkey (1), United States (13: California, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (2: Texas)
Total: 74 collections including 78 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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