Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Modiola (Inoperna)
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also El Qot 2006, Popenoe 1937, Riedel 1933, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
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, 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: Inoperna (Inoperna) Inoperna (Triasoperna) Inoperna bellarugosa Inoperna flagellifera Inoperna perplicata Inoperna plenicostata Inoperna sowerbiana
Type: Modiolus (Inoperna) carolinensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4), Austria (4), Cameroon (3), Egypt (4), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), United States (15: California, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), China (1), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (4), France (1), Germany (2), India (23), Iran (2), Japan (1), Jordan (2), Luxembourg (2), Mexico (1), Poland (1), Portugal (23), Saudi Arabia (30), Somalia (1), Spain (60), Tanzania (7), Thailand (2), Tunisia (5), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Austria (20), Germany (1), Iran (6), Italy (2)
Total: 243 collections each including a single occurrence
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