Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Crenomytilus
Parent taxon: Mytilus according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Kafanov et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Mytilus (Chloromya), Mytilus (Falcimytilus), Mytilus (Modiola), Mytilus (Mytilus), Mytilus (Pernomytilus), Mytilus (Pharomytilus), Mytilus (Plicatomytilus), Mytilus (Tumidimytilus), Mytilus acutecarinatus, Mytilus affinis, Mytilus alpinus, Mytilus angulatus, Mytilus antiqorum, Mytilus autissiodorensis, Mytilus beaumonti, Mytilus brewsterensis, Mytilus bussoni, Mytilus californianus, Mytilus canoasensis, Mytilus chenui, Mytilus cleopatrae, Mytilus conradinus, Mytilus deperditus, Mytilus edulis, Mytilus edulis planulatus, Mytilus eurynota, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus glabratus, Mytilus hamiltonensis, Mytilus hamlini, Mytilus hamuliferus, Mytilus hannibali, Mytilus hauniensis, Mytilus homfrayi, Mytilus jurensis, Mytilus lamellosus, Mytilus linguatulus, Mytilus luciferus, Mytilus mabuchii, Mytilus madagascariensis, Mytilus magellanicus, Mytilus minutus, Mytilus mooraboolensis, Mytilus muensteri, Mytilus mulleri, Mytilus multiformis, Mytilus multistriatus, Mytilus nativus, Mytilus nitens, Mytilus ochotensis, Mytilus pauperculus, Mytilus pectinatus, Mytilus periscus, Mytilus productus, Mytilus psilonoti, Mytilus quadratus, Mytilus quenstedti, Mytilus rigaultii, Mytilus rugosus, Mytilus rugulosus, Mytilus sammamishensis, Mytilus scaphoides, Mytilus schencki, Mytilus seminummuarius, Mytilus shulapsensis, Mytilus similis, Mytilus snohomishensis, Mytilus stillaguamishensis, Mytilus stillwaterensis, Mytilus submenkeanus, Mytilus subpectinatus, Mytilus trossulus, Mytilus ursensis, Mytilus watersi
Subtaxa: Crenomytilus expansus Crenomytilus grayanus Crenomytilus mathewsoni Crenomytilus schencki Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis Mytilus (Crenomytilus) expansus Mytilus (Crenomytilus) kewi Mytilus (Crenomytilus) mathewsonii Mytilus (Crenomytilus) perrini Mytilus (Crenomytilus) trampasensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)
• Blancan of United States (4: California)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (7: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Japan (7), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (5), United States (17: Alaska, California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Austria (5), Canada (1: British Columbia), Turkey (1), United States (13: California, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (2: Texas)
Total: 73 collections including 77 occurrences