Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Mytilus according to O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger 2003
See also Hertlein and Grant 1972, Kafanov et al. 2005, Moore 1983 and Willett 1937
Sister taxa: Mytilus (Chloromya), Mytilus (Falcimytilus), Mytilus (Modiola), Mytilus (Pernomytilus), Mytilus (Pharomytilus), Mytilus (Plicatomytilus), Mytilus (Tumidimytilus), Mytilus acutecarinatus, Mytilus affinis, Mytilus alpinus, Mytilus angulatus, Mytilus antiqorum, Mytilus autissiodorensis, Mytilus beaumonti, Mytilus brewsterensis, Mytilus bussoni, Mytilus californianus, Mytilus canoasensis, Mytilus chenui, Mytilus cleopatrae, Mytilus conradinus, Mytilus deperditus, Mytilus edulis, Mytilus edulis planulatus, Mytilus eurynota, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Mytilus glabratus, Mytilus hamiltonensis, Mytilus hamlini, Mytilus hamuliferus, Mytilus hannibali, Mytilus hauniensis, Mytilus homfrayi, Mytilus jurensis, Mytilus lamellosus, Mytilus linguatulus, Mytilus luciferus, Mytilus mabuchii, Mytilus madagascariensis, Mytilus magellanicus, Mytilus minutus, Mytilus mooraboolensis, Mytilus muensteri, Mytilus mulleri, Mytilus multiformis, Mytilus multistriatus, Mytilus nativus, Mytilus nitens, Mytilus ochotensis, Mytilus pauperculus, Mytilus pectinatus, Mytilus periscus, Mytilus productus, Mytilus psilonoti, Mytilus quadratus, Mytilus quenstedti, Mytilus rigaultii, Mytilus rugosus, Mytilus rugulosus, Mytilus sammamishensis, Mytilus scaphoides, Mytilus schencki, Mytilus seminummuarius, Mytilus shulapsensis, Mytilus similis, Mytilus snohomishensis, Mytilus stillaguamishensis, Mytilus stillwaterensis, Mytilus submenkeanus, Mytilus subpectinatus, Mytilus trossulus, Mytilus ursensis, Mytilus watersi
Subtaxa: Mytilus (Mytilus) arnoldi Mytilus (Mytilus) ascia Mytilus (Mytilus) condoni Mytilus (Mytilus) haboroensis Mytilus (Mytilus) loeli Mytilus (Mytilus) pleshakovi Mytilus (Mytilus) sachalinensis Mytilus humerus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3), United States (2: California)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (8), United States (9: California)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (4), United States (6: California)
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (3), United States (1: California)
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 38 collections including 46 occurrences