Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Coxesia, Crenomytilus, Cuneolus, Dacrydium, Eyrena, Falcimytilus, Fluviolanatus, Geukensia, Hilgardella, Inoperna, Lecompteus, Lioberus, Lithophaga, Lithophaginae, Lycettia, Mauricia, Modiolaria, Modiolatus, Modiolus, Musculista, Mytilaster, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Phthonia, Promytilus, Rhomboidella, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Vulcanidas, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Bermuda (1), Jamaica (1), Kenya (1), United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (9), Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (1), Italy (5), Morocco (2), Panama (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (9: Florida, Washington)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (3), United States (9: Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Alabama, Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (1), United States (2: Alabama, California)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), France (1), Germany (1), India (1), Lebanon (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), United States (73: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (6)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
• Devonian of United States (1: New York)
Total: 157 collections including 168 occurrences