Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combinations: Modiola imbricata, Modiolus imbricatus, Mytilus imbricatus
Belongs to Modiolus (Modiolus) according to J. G. Sha 1995
See also Scholz 2005
Sister taxa: Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) clarki, Modiolus (Modiolus) contracta, Modiolus (Modiolus) directus, Modiolus (Modiolus) fountainensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) lagunanus, Modiolus (Modiolus) mandannaensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) meganosensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) merriami, Modiolus (Modiolus) metcalfei, Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus, Modiolus (Modiolus) moralejai, Modiolus (Modiolus) paronai, Modiolus (Modiolus) pittsburgensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) radiatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) sacculifer, Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum, Modiolus (Modiolus) veronensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) waverliensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (24 collections), China (7), Ethiopia (14), France (6), Germany (5), Hungary (1), India (21), Jordan (1), Kenya (2), Madagascar (2), Portugal (31), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (21), Somalia (8), Spain (15), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (67), the United Kingdom (18), Yemen (3)
Total: 248 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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