Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Modiola (Inoperna)
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, Crenomytilus, Cuneolus, Dacrydium, Eyrena, Falcimytilus, Fluviolanatus, Geukensia, Hilgardella, 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: none
Type: Modiolus (Inoperna) carolinensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4), Austria (4), Cameroon (3), Egypt (4), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (3), Serbia (1), United States (16: California, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), China (1), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (4), France (1), Germany (2), India (23), Iran (2), Japan (1), Jordan (2), Luxembourg (2), Mexico (1), Poland (1), Portugal (23), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (30), Somalia (1), Spain (60), Tanzania (7), Thailand (2), Tunisia (5), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Austria (20), Germany (1), Iran (6), Italy (2)
Total: 245 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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