†Mytilus (Modiola) blanfordi Weir 1929 (mussel)
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Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: J. Weir. 1929. Jurassic Fossils from Jubaland, East Africa, Collected by V. G. Glenday, And the Jurassic Geology of Somaliland. Monographs of the Geological Department of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University 1-63
Belongs to Mytilus (Modiola) according to J. Weir 1929
Sister taxon: Mytilus (Modiola) subangustissimus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bihendula (Bihin Limestone mudstone series), which is in a Callovian marine mudstone/shale in the Bihin Limestone Formation of Somalia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bihendula (Bihin Limestone mudstone series)
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