Mytiloides mytiloides Mantell 1822 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Alternative combination: Inoceramus mytiloides

Belongs to Mytiloides according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019

See also Cobban 1983, Haggart et al. 2005, Schneider et al. 2013 and Stelck et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Mytiloides africanus, Mytiloides amygdaloides, Mytiloides goppelnensis, Mytiloides incertus, Mytiloides labiatus, Mytiloides lusatiae, Mytiloides opalensis, Mytiloides stantoni, Mytiloides striatoconcentricus, Mytiloides teraokai

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (17 collections), Canada (4: British Columbia), Colombia (2), Czechia (1), Germany (9), India (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (15: Arizona, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico)

Total: 53 collections each including a single occurrence

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