Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: C. E. Weaver and K. Palmer. 1922. Fauna from the Eocene of Washington. University of Washington Publications in Geology 1(3):1-56
Belongs to Modiolus (Brachydontes) according to C. E. Weaver and K. Palmer 1922
Sister taxa: Brachidontes (Aeidimytilus), Brachidontes (Arcomytilus), Brachidontes (Austromytilus), Brachidontes (Brachidontes), Brachidontes (Hormomya), Brachidontes (Scolimytilus), Brachidontes adamsianus, Brachidontes alabamensis, Brachidontes alabamiensis, Brachidontes andinus, Brachidontes bifurcatus, Brachidontes blanckenhorni, Brachidontes domingensis, Brachidontes erosa, Brachidontes exustus, Brachidontes mississippiensis, Brachidontes modiolus, Brachidontes ornatissimus, Brachidontes pectinatus, Brachidontes semilaevis, Brachidontes toechophora, Brachidontes ustulatus, Brachidontes vineyardensis, Brachyodontes charmesi, Brachyodontes convolutus, Volsella (Brachidontes) dichotoma
Type specimen: Its type locality is UW 324, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UW 324
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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