Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Alternative combination: Modiolus kirkerensis

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Brachidontes (Brachidontes) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Clark 1918

Sister taxa: Brachidontes (Brachidontes) altiobliquus, Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cooperi, Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cowlitzensis, Brachidontes (Brachidontes) dichotomus, Brachidontes (Brachidontes) lawsoni, Brachidontes (Brachidontes) susanaensis, Brachidontes (Brachidontes) variabilis

Type specimen: UCMP 11121

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brachidontes (Brachidontes) kirkerensis in the database

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