Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combinations: Modiola alabamiensis, Modiolus (Brachydontes) alabamiensis, Musculus alabamiensis, Volsella alabamiensis
Belongs to Brachidontes according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965
See also Gardner 1945
Sister taxa: Brachidontes (Aeidimytilus), Brachidontes (Arcomytilus), Brachidontes (Austromytilus), Brachidontes (Brachidontes), Brachidontes (Hormomya), Brachidontes (Scolimytilus), Brachidontes adamsianus, Brachidontes alabamensis, 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, Brachidontes vineyardensis, Brachyodontes charmesi, Brachyodontes convolutus, Modiolus (Brachydontes) olequahensis, Volsella (Brachidontes) dichotoma
Type specimen: USNM 638959, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brachidontes alabamiensis in the database
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