Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Septifer (Septifer) elegans
Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124
Belongs to Septifer according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Moore 1983 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Mytilus (Septifer) praeacutiformis, Mytilus (Septifer) praeacutus, Septifer (Mytilisepta), Septifer (Septifer), Septifer bifurcatus, Septifer bilocularis, Septifer fenestralis, Septifer fenestratus, Septifer lineatus, Septifer lingua, Septifer magnificus, Septifer mayai, Septifer mifunensis, Septifer samiri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 5 (of Waring 1917) - Santa Monica Mountains [Coal Canyon Fm], which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in the Coal Canyon Formation of California
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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