Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: I. Hayami. 1958. Liassic Volsella, Mytilus and some other dysodont species in Japan (Studies on the Liassic pelecypods in Japan, 6) . Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan (New Series) 29:155-165
Belongs to Volsella according to I. Hayami 1958
Sister taxa: Modiolus (Volsella) henryi, Modiolus (Volsella) onoensis, Volsella anomala, Volsella flabellata, Volsella flichei, Volsella siskiyouensis, Volsella telea, Volsella wrighti
Type specimen: MM 2719. Its type locality is Niranohama, Utatsu-cho, Motoyoshi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Hettangian marine horizon in the Niranohama Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Niranohama, Utatsu-cho, Motoyoshi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture
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