Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combinations: Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) mathewsoni, Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) mathewsonii, Mytilus mathewsoni, Mytilus mathewsonii
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1866. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 1-38
Belongs to Crenomytilus according to W. O. Addicott 1973
See also Clark 1918, Clark and Arnold 1923, Durham 1944, Gabb 1866, Moore 1983 and Stewart 1930
Sister taxa: Crenomytilus expansus, Crenomytilus grayanus, Crenomytilus schencki, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) expansus, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) kewi, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) mathewsonii, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) perrini, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) trampasensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (3 collections), United States (4: California)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (10: California, Washington)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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