Choromytilus Soot-Ryen 1952 (mussel)
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Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Mytilinae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Adulini, Aulacomyini, Brachidontes, Crenomytilini, Ischadium, Mytella, Mytilini, Mytilosootus, Mytilus, Nodomytilus, Perna, Perumytilus, Semimodiola, Semimytilus, Septifer
Subtaxa: Choromytilus chorus Choromytilus meridionalis
Type: Mytilus chorus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (12 collections), Mozambique (1), Namibia (1), Peru (10), South Africa (7)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Peru (6)
• Neogene of Chile (1)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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