Mytilus (Crenomytilus) mathewsonii Gabb 1866 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1866. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 1-38

Belongs to Mytilus (Crenomytilus) according to E. J. Moore 1983

Sister taxa: Crenomytilus expansus, Crenomytilus grayanus, Crenomytilus mathewsoni, Crenomytilus schencki, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) expansus, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) kewi, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) perrini, Mytilus (Crenomytilus) trampasensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mytilus (Crenomytilus) mathewsonii in the database

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