Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Alternative spelling: Inoceramus (Mytiloides)
Parent taxon: Inoceramidae according to W. P. Elder and S. E. Box 1992
See also Conti and Monari 1991, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Anopaeinae, Arcticeramus, Arctomytiloides, Birostrina, Cataceramus, Cladoceramus, Coloniceraminae, Cremnoceramus, Heroceramus, Inaequiceramus, Inoceraminae, Inoceramus, Inoceramya, Kymatoceramus, Lenella, Magadiceramus, Neocomiceramus, Parainoceramya, Platyceramus, Pseudomytiloides, Retroceramus, Sachalinoceraminae, Sergipia, Silberlingia, Sphaeroceramus, Sphenoceramus, Spyridoceramus, Tenuipteria, Tethyoceramus, Trochoceramus, Turkmenia, Volviceramus, Haenleinia, Coloniceramus
Subtaxa: Mytiloides africanus Mytiloides amygdaloides Mytiloides incertus Mytiloides labiatus Mytiloides lusatiae Mytiloides mytiloides Mytiloides opalensis Mytiloides stantoni Mytiloides striatoconcentricus Mytiloides teraokai
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (3 collections), Antarctica (1), Austria (2), Brazil (154), Canada (17: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories), Colombia (2), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (1), Ecuador (2), Egypt (1), France (3), Gabon (1), Germany (42), India (1), Japan (22), Jordan (1), Mexico (4), Nigeria (3), Peru (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Tunisia (6), the United Kingdom (7), United States (112: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (12)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: Yukon), France (1), Germany (4), Japan (2), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Turkey (1)
Total: 421 collections including 559 occurrences
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