Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Aeidimytilus
Parent taxon: Brachidontes according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Hertlein and Grant 1972, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Brachidontes (Arcomytilus), Brachidontes (Austromytilus), Brachidontes (Brachidontes), Brachidontes (Hormomya), Brachidontes (Scolimytilus), Brachidontes adamsianus, Brachidontes alabamensis, Brachidontes alabamiensis, Brachidontes andinus, Brachidontes bifurcatus, Brachidontes blanckenhorni, Brachidontes domingensis, Brachidontes erosa, Brachidontes exustus, Brachidontes mississippiensis, Brachidontes modiolus, Brachidontes ornatissimus, Brachidontes pectinatus, Brachidontes semilaevis, Brachidontes toechophora, Brachidontes ustulatus, Brachidontes vineyardensis, Brachyodontes charmesi, Brachyodontes convolutus, Modiolus (Brachydontes) olequahensis, Volsella (Brachidontes) dichotoma
Subtaxa: Brachidontes (Aeidimytilus) gabbi
Type: Mytilus adamsianus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Jablonski & Raup Locality 78 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)