Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to P. M. Mikkelsen 2006
See also Gordillo 1991, Sepkoski 2002, Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, 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: Aulacomya atra Aulacomya subfragilis
Type: Aulacomya magellanicus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (7 collections), Chile (1), Namibia (2), South Africa (4), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2), Belgium (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Argentina (1)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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