Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Modiola vineyardensis
Full reference: T. C. Brown. 1905. A new lower Tertiary fauna from Chappaquiddick Island, Martha's Vineyard. American Journal of Science 20:229-238
Belongs to Brachidontes according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Brown 1905
Sister taxa: Brachidontes (Aeidimytilus), Brachidontes (Arcomytilus), Brachidontes (Austromytilus), Brachidontes (Brachidontes), Brachidontes (Hormomya), Brachidontes (Scolimytilus), Brachidontes adamsianus, Brachidontes alabamensis, Brachidontes alabamiensis, Brachidontes andinus, Brachidontes bifurcatus, Brachidontes blanckenhorni, Brachidontes domingensis, Brachidontes erosa, Brachidontes exustus, Brachidontes mississippiensis, Brachidontes modiolus, Brachidontes ornatissimus, Brachidontes pectinatus, Brachidontes semilaevis, Brachidontes toechophora, Brachidontes ustulatus, Brachyodontes charmesi, Brachyodontes convolutus, Modiolus (Brachydontes) olequahensis, Volsella (Brachidontes) dichotoma
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Chappaquiddick Island (Eocene of Massachusetts)
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