Modiolus (Modiolus) moralejai Calzada 1982 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Full reference: S. Calzada. 1982. Algunos Lamelibranquios liásicos de Alfara (Tarragona). Acta Geológica Hispánica 17:121-127

Belongs to Modiolus (Modiolus) according to S. Calzada 1982

Sister taxa: Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) clarki, Modiolus (Modiolus) contracta, Modiolus (Modiolus) directus, Modiolus (Modiolus) fountainensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) lagunanus, Modiolus (Modiolus) mandannaensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) meganosensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) merriami, Modiolus (Modiolus) metcalfei, Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus, Modiolus (Modiolus) paronai, Modiolus (Modiolus) pittsburgensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) radiatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) sacculifer, Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum, Modiolus (Modiolus) veronensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) waverliensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus

Type specimen: Museo Geológico del Seminario de Barcelona No 32.234-a. Its type locality is Alfara section (Scissum zone/Aalenian), which is in a Scissum carbonate limestone in Spain.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Alfara section (Scissum zone/Aalenian)

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