Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combinations: Crenomytilus arnoldi, Mytilus arnoldi
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234
Belongs to Mytilus (Mytilus) according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Addicott 1973 and Clark 1918
Sister taxa: Mytilus (Mytilus) ascia, Mytilus (Mytilus) condoni, Mytilus (Mytilus) haboroensis, Mytilus (Mytilus) loeli, Mytilus (Mytilus) pleshakovi, Mytilus (Mytilus) sachalinensis, Mytilus humerus
Type specimen: UCMP 11153, a shell
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (9: California collections)
• Eocene of United States (6: California)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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