Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Alternative combinations: Ambonychia aphaea, Streptomytilus aphaea
Synonym: Mytilarca pernoides Whiteaves 1905
Belongs to Mytilarca according to J. Pojeta 1966
Sister taxa: Mytilarca acutirostra, Mytilarca amii, 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, Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis, Plethomytilus rowei, Plethomytilus esuriens, Plethomytilus lineatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mytilarca aphaea in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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