Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combinations: Modiola illinoisensis, Myalina illinoisensis
Synonym: Myalina arkansana Weller 1897
Full reference: A. H. Worthen. 1884. Descriptions of two new species of Crustacea, fifty-one species of Mollusca, and three species of Crinoids, from the Carboniferous formations of Illinois and adjacent states. Bulletin of the Illinois State Museum of Natural History 2:1-27
Belongs to Promytilus according to J. W. Busanus and R. D. Hoare 1991
See also Girty 1903, Girty 1915, Weller 1897 and Worthen 1884
Sister taxa: Promytilus acinaciformis, Promytilus annosus, Promytilus borealis, Promytilus cancellatus, Promytilus ensiformis, Promytilus laevis, Promytilus maiyensis, Promytilus mazzolenii, Promytilus merlai, Promytilus mytiliformis, Promytilus pottsvillensis, Promytilus priscus, Promytilus retusus, Promytilus semiorbicularis, Promytilus swallovi, Promytilus vetulus
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: West Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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