Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to L. C. Glenn 1904
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, Modiolatus, Modiolinae, Modiolus, Musculista, Mytilaster, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Phthonia, Promytilus, Rhomboidella, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Vulcanidas, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Subtaxa: Modiolaria alabamaensis Modiolaria arcaeformis Modiolaria curta Modiolaria semigranosa Modiolaria singularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Georgia)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Georgia)
• Eocene of Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Greenland (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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