Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1937. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca from Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 11(5):379-402
Belongs to Brachidontes according to W. P. Popenoe 1937
Sister taxa: Brachidontes (Aeidimytilus), Brachidontes (Arcomytilus), Brachidontes (Austromytilus), Brachidontes (Brachidontes), Brachidontes (Hormomya), Brachidontes (Scolimytilus), Brachidontes adamsianus, Brachidontes alabamensis, Brachidontes alabamiensis, Brachidontes andinus, 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, Modiolus (Brachydontes) olequahensis, Volsella (Brachidontes) dichotoma
Type specimen: CIT (IP) 3425. Its type locality is CIT loc. 974, Aliso-Santiago Creek Divide, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Williams Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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