Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)
Belongs to Mytilopsis according to A. A. Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Mytilopsis aletici, Mytilopsis erimiocenicus, Mytilopsis frici, Mytilopsis jadrovi, Mytilopsis lamellata, Mytilopsis leucophaeata, Mytilopsis nystiana, Mytilopsis sallei, Mytilopsis scripta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Punta Bravo Grits - Trigal, Boca Pan Valley, which is in an Oligocene marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Mancora Formation of Peru
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Punta Bravo Grits - Trigal, Boca Pan Valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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