Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Alternative combination: Mytilus esuriens
Synonyms: Mytilus budnianus Barrande 1881, Plethomytilus budnianus Barrande 1881
Belongs to Plethomytilus according to C. Babin 1966
Sister taxa: Mytilarca acutirostra, Mytilarca amii, Mytilarca aphaea, Mytilarca aphea, Mytilarca arenacea, Mytilarca boucoti, Mytilarca canadensis, Mytilarca chemungensis, Mytilarca cingulosa, Mytilarca cordiformis, Mytilarca crassa, Mytilarca cultellata, Mytilarca cuneatus, Mytilarca dalhousei, Mytilarca dentata, Mytilarca dentiversa, Mytilarca dubia, Mytilarca eduliformis, Mytilarca expansa, Mytilarca foerstei, Mytilarca gibbosa, Mytilarca inflata, Mytilarca iniqua, Mytilarca kallholniensis, Mytilarca knappi, Mytilarca kullsbergensis, Mytilarca lata, Mytilarca leptaenarum, Mytilarca mareki, Mytilarca marylandica, Mytilarca mytiliformis, Mytilarca obliqua, Mytilarca orsae, Mytilarca parallela, Mytilarca parens, Mytilarca percarinata, Mytilarca ponderosa, Mytilarca pyrimadata, Mytilarca regularis, Mytilarca semicircularis, Mytilarca sigilla, Mytilarca simplex, Mytilarca suberectus, Mytilarca thorslundi, Mytilarca triangula, Mytilarca umbonata, Mytilarca wabashensis, Plethomytilus lineatus, Plethomytilus rowei, Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Fauna of level 4, Anti-Atlas (Devonian of Morocco)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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