Falcimytilus Cox 1937 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Yamani 1982

Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, Cuneolus, Dacrydium, Eyrena, Fluviolanatus, Geukensia, Hilgardella, Inoperna, Lecompteus, Lioberus, Lithophaga, Lithophaginae, Lycettia, Mauricia, Modiolaria, Modiolatus, Modiolinae, Modiolus, Musculista, Mytilaster, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Phthonia, Promytilus, Rhomboidella, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Vulcanidas, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus

Subtaxa: Falcimytilus dietrichi Falcimytilus heranirus Falcimytilus nasai Falcimytilus stricapillatus Falcimytilus suprajurensis Falcimytilus tigrensis

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Type: Mytilus suprajurensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

• Jurassic of Argentina (9), China (1), Ethiopia (2), Germany (3), Greenland (2), Hungary (1), India (4), Japan (8), Kenya (7), Mexico (1), Saudi Arabia (13), Tanzania (14), Tunisia (9), the United Kingdom (1), Yemen (2)

• Triassic of Japan (4), the Russian Federation (12)

Total: 95 collections including 98 occurrences

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