Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Mytilus kewi
Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1916. Fauna from the lower Pliocene at Jacalitos Creek and Waltham Canyon, Fresno County, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(14):199-214
Belongs to Mytilus (Crenomytilus) according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Nomland 1916
Sister taxa: Crenomytilus expansus, Crenomytilus grayanus, Crenomytilus mathewsoni, Crenomytilus schencki, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) expansus, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) mathewsonii, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) perrini, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) trampasensis
Type specimen: UCMP 12061, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2680, which is in a Pliocene marginal marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Jacalitos Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene 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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