Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Full reference: R. D. Hoare, M. T. Sturgeon, and E.A. Kindt. 1978. New Pennsylvanian bivalves and occurrences of Pseudoconocardium from Ohio and West Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 52(5):1023-1036

Belongs to Modiolus (Modiolus) according to R. D. Hoare et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) clarki, Modiolus (Modiolus) contracta, Modiolus (Modiolus) directus, Modiolus (Modiolus) fountainensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) lagunanus, Modiolus (Modiolus) mandannaensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) meganosensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) merriami, Modiolus (Modiolus) metcalfei, Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus, Modiolus (Modiolus) moralejai, Modiolus (Modiolus) pittsburgensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) sacculifer, Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum, Modiolus (Modiolus) veronensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) waverliensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus

Type specimen: OSU 27207, a shell. Its type locality is LIho-4. along the north-south road ~ 0.8 km north of former Fairview School and south of BR 1085, which is in an Atokan coastal shale/limestone in the Pottsville Formation of Ohio.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LIho-4. along the north-south road ~ 0.8 km north of former Fairview School and south of BR 1085

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