Musculus niger Gray 1824 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae

Alternative combinations: Modiola nigra, Musculus nigra

Belongs to Musculus according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000

See also Hendy et al. 2008 and Richards 1962

Sister taxa: Musculus (Musculus), Musculus (Ryenella), Musculus (Skarlatella), Musculus (Undatimusculus), Musculus balcombei, Musculus delicatula, Musculus discors, Musculus glacialis, Musculus kryshtofovitschi, Musculus nanulus, Musculus nanus, Musculus somaliensis, Musculus sorgenfreii, Musculus viridulus, Lanistina arcacea, Lanistina corioensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut collections), Greenland (3), Iceland (2), United States (2: Maine)

• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (3)

• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Alaska)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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