Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Modiolidae
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Adegoke 1977, Beu 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Maxwell 1992, Moore 1983, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires and Goedert 1991 and von Cosel and Marshall 2010
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, Crenomytilus, Cuneolus, Dacrydium, Eyrena, Falcimytilus, Fluviolanatus, Geukensia, Hilgardella, Inoperna, Lecompteus, Lioberus, Lithophaga, Lithophaginae, Lycettia, Mauricia, Modiolaria, Modiolatus, Modiolus, Musculista, Mytilaster, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Phthonia, Promytilus, Rhomboidella, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Vulcanidas, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Subtaxa: Botula Limnoperna Mytilops Notobotula Praemytilus
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Bermuda (1), Jamaica (1), Kenya (1), United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (9), Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (1), Italy (5), Morocco (2), Panama (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (9: Florida, Washington)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (3), United States (9: Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Alabama, Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (1), United States (2: Alabama, California)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), France (1), Germany (1), India (1), Lebanon (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), United States (73: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (6)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
• Devonian of United States (1: New York)
Total: 157 collections including 168 occurrences