Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Invalid subtaxa: Modiola cylindrica Gabb 1864 [replaced name], Modiolus cylindricus Gabb 1864 [replaced name]

Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314

Belongs to Volsella according to R. B. Stewart 1930

See also Anderson 1958 and Gabb 1864

Sister taxa: Modiolus (Volsella) henryi, Modiolus (Volsella) onoensis, Volsella anomala, Volsella attenuata, Volsella bakevelloides, Volsella flabellata, Volsella flichei, Volsella galpiniana, Volsella siskiyouensis, Volsella wrighti

Type specimens:

• Volsella telea: ANSP 4396
• Modiola cylindrica:

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at "Chico beds" - Tuscan Springs, Tehama (Cretaceous of California)

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