Mytilarca simplex Hall 1883 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae

Full reference: J. Hall. 1883. Untitled Contractual Obligation Memorandum. Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources Annual Report 12:319-375

Belongs to Mytilarca according to J. Hall 1883

See also McAlester 1962

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 suberectus, Mytilarca thorslundi, Mytilarca triangula, Mytilarca umbonata, Mytilarca wabashensis, Plethomytilus esuriens, Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis, Plethomytilus lineatus, Plethomytilus rowei

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mytilarca simplex in the database

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