Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: S. Kiel and K. Amano. 2013. The earliest bathymodiolin mussels: An Evaluatio of Eocene and Oligocene taxa from deep-sea methane seep deposits in Western Washington State. Journal of Paleontology 87(4):589-602
Belongs to Bathymodiolus according to S. Kiel and K. Amano 2013
Sister taxa: Bathymodiolus inouei, Bathymodiolus palmarensis, Bathymodiolus tangaroa, Bathymodiolus thermophilus, Bathymodiolus willapaensis
Type specimen: UWBM 98909, a shell. Its type locality is Little River seep site, which is in a Chattian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: Washington collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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