Order Mytilida Rafinesque 1815 (clam)
Alternative spelling: Mytiloida
Parent taxon: Mytilomorphi according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Giribet and Wheeler 2002, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Scholz et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Vokes 1980 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxon: Colpomyida
Subtaxa: Fungiacara Isognomoidea Lunulacardioidea Malleoidea Modiolopsoidea Modiomytilus Myapalmula Mysidielloidea Mytiloidea Mytilon Paramusculus Regoria Regulifer Septiola Skarlatella Striamodiolus Strimodiolus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder