Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combinations: Mytilus expansus, Mytilus mathewsoni expansus
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1907. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of southern California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1545):525-546
Belongs to Crenomytilus according to W. O. Addicott 1973
See also Loel and Corey 1932, Moore 1983 and Schoellhamer et al. 1981
Sister taxa: Crenomytilus grayanus, Crenomytilus mathewsoni, Crenomytilus schencki, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) expansus, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) kewi, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) mathewsonii, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) perrini, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) trampasensis
Type specimen: USNM 164968, a shell
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections), United States (7: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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