Mycetopoda d'Orbigny 1835 (clam)
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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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cachoeira do Bandeira, Solimões Fm. (Miocene of Brazil)
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