Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Alternative combinations: Modiolus sacculifer, Volsella sacculifer

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

See also Hertlein and Grant 1972

Sister taxa: Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) clarki, Modiolus (Modiolus) contracta, Modiolus (Modiolus) directus, Modiolus (Modiolus) fountainensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) lagunanus, Modiolus (Modiolus) mandannaensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) meganosensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) merriami, Modiolus (Modiolus) metcalfei, Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus, Modiolus (Modiolus) moralejai, Modiolus (Modiolus) pittsburgensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) radiatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum, Modiolus (Modiolus) veronensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) waverliensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus

Type specimen: SU 7853, a shell

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 305, K Ranch (Pliocene of California)

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