Mytilopsis trigalensis Olsson 1931 (clam)

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

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