Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Synonym: Mytilus merriami Clark 1915 [replaced name]

Full reference: E. J. Moore. 1983. Tertiary Marine Pelycypods of California and Baja California: Nuculidae through Malleidae. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1228(A):1-108

Belongs to Modiolus (Modiolus) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Clark 1915

Sister taxa: Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) contracta, Modiolus (Modiolus) directus, Modiolus (Modiolus) fountainensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) lagunanus, Modiolus (Modiolus) mandannaensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) meganosensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) merriami, Modiolus (Modiolus) metcalfei, Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus, Modiolus (Modiolus) moralejai, Modiolus (Modiolus) paronai, Modiolus (Modiolus) pittsburgensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) radiatus, Modiolus (Modiolus) sacculifer, Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum, Modiolus (Modiolus) veronensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) waverliensis, Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus

Type specimens:

• Modiolus (Modiolus) clarki: UCMP 11544
• Mytilus merriami:

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Modiolus (Modiolus) clarki in the database

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