Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Mytiloidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Clark and Arnold 1923, Dockery 1982, El Qot 2006, Glenn 1904, Gordillo 1991, Maxwell 1992, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Olsson 1931, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Goedert 1991, Stanton 1895, Stilwell 1998, Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980, von Cosel and Marshall 2010 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Crenellidae, Septiferidae
Subtaxa: Adipicola Amygdalum Antetrichomya Arcomytilus Arcoperna Arcuatula Arcuatulinae Arvella Aulacomya Bathymodiolinae Bathymodiolus Botulina Botulopa Botulopsis Brachiodontes Ciboticola Coxesia Crenella Cuneolus Dacrydium Eyrena Falcimytilus Fluviolanatus Geukensia Hilgardella Inoperna Lecompteus Lioberus Lithophaga Lithophaginae Lycettia Mauricia Modiolaria Modiolatus Modiolinae Modiolus Musculista Mytilaster Mytilinae Mytiloconcha Phthonia Promytilus Rhomboidella Stavelia Trichomusculus Trichomya Volsella Volsellina Vulcanidas Xenomytilinae Xenostrobus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder