Mycetopoda d'Orbigny 1835 (clam)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Mulleriidae

Alternative spelling: Mycetopus

Parent taxon: Mycetopodidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Fang et al. 2009 and Wesselingh et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Anodontitinae, Acostaea

Subtaxa: Mycetopoda pittieri

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cachoeira do Bandeira, Solimões Fm. (Miocene of Brazil)

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