Mytilosootus arcuatus Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Full reference: J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Belongs to Mytilosootus according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 441596, a shell. Its type locality is IPS 443, Seymour Island, which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at IPS 1, Cape Wiman, Seymour Island

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