Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Mytilus (Crenomytilus) schencki
Full reference: G. D. Hanna and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. New Tertiary mollusks from eestern North America. Journal of Paleontology 12(1):106-110
Belongs to Crenomytilus according to A. I. Kafanov et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Crenomytilus expansus, Crenomytilus grayanus, Crenomytilus mathewsoni, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) expansus, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) kewi, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) mathewsonii, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) perrini, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) sternbergi, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) trampasensis
Type specimen: CAS 4686, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Marine Bivalvia of Etolonskaya Suite in western Kamchatka (Miocene of Russian Federation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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