Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: S. Kiel, K. A. Campbell, and C. Gaillard. 2010. New and little known mollusks from ancient chemosynthetic environments. Zoootaxa 2390:26-48
Belongs to Bathymodiolus according to S. Kiel et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Bathymodiolus inouei, Bathymodiolus satsopensis, Bathymodiolus tangaroa, Bathymodiolus thermophilus, Bathymodiolus willapaensis
Type specimen: USNM 533981, a shell. Its type locality is Atlantico, which is in an Oligocene basinal (carbonate) limestone in Colombia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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