Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Modiolum (Dacrydium)
Synonym: Quendreda Iredale 1936
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Marquet et al. 2008, Mikkelsen 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, Crenomytilus, Cuneolus, 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: Dacrydium cupressinum Dacrydium florinii Dacrydium pelseneeri
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of French Polynesia (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene of Poland (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Chile (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Denmark (2), Oman (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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