Mytilon Marincovich, Jr. 1993 (clam)

Bivalvia - Mytilida

Full reference: L. Marincovich, Jr. 1993. Danian Mollusks from the Prince Creek Formation, Northern Alaska, and implications for arctic ocean paleogeography. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 67(5):1-35

Parent taxon: Mytiloida according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Fungiacara, Isognomoidea, Lunulacardioidea, Malleoidea, Modiolopsoidea, Modiomytilus, Myapalmula, Mysidielloidea, Mytiloidea, Paramusculus, Regoria, Regulifer, Septiola, Skarlatella, Striamodiolus, Strimodiolus

Subtaxa: Mytilon theresae

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Prince Creek Fm, Colville River (Paleocene of Alaska)

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