Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Modiolus (Volsella)
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Anderson 1938 and Durham 1944
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, 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, Volsellina, Vulcanidas, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Subtaxa: Modiolus (Volsella) henryi Modiolus (Volsella) onoensis Volsella anomala Volsella attenuata Volsella bakevelloides Volsella flabellata Volsella flichei Volsella galpiniana Volsella siskiyouensis Volsella telea Volsella wrighti
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Greenland (1), New Zealand (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of Japan (1), United States (5: California, Florida, Washington)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Canada (7: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Lebanon (1), Nigeria (1), United States (23: California, Montana, Texas)
• Jurassic of Japan (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Singapore (1)
• Triassic of United States (2: California)
Total: 52 collections including 56 occurrences
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