Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to S. Schneider et al. 2005
See also Griffin et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
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, Modiolaria, Modiolatus, Modiolinae, Modiolus, Musculista, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Phthonia, Promytilus, Rhomboidella, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Vulcanidas, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Subtaxa: Mytilaster (Persiaster) Mytilaster edseli Mytilaster lineatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Turkey (2 collections)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (3), Ukraine (3)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3)
• Jurassic of Iran (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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