Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, Crenomytilus, Cuneolus, Dacrydium, Eyrena, Falcimytilus, Fluviolanatus, Geukensia, Hilgardella, Inoperna, Lecompteus, Lioberus, Lithophaga, Lithophaginae, Lycettia, Mauricia, Modiolaria, Modiolatus, Modiolinae, Modiolus, Musculista, Mytilaster, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Phthonia, Promytilus, Rhomboidella, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Vulcanidas, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Subtaxa: Arcuatula sootryeni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Thailand (1 collection)
• Eocene of Antarctica (5)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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