Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 16396
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Adula, Aeidimytilus, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Ciboticola, Crenella, Cuneolus, Dacrydium, Eyrena, Falcimytilus, Fluviolanatus, Geukensia, Gregariella, Hilgardella, Inoperna, Lecompteus, Lioberus, Lithophaga, Lithophaginae, Lycettia, Mauricia, Modiolaria, Modiolatus, Modiolinae, Modiolus, Musculista, Mytella, Mytilaster, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Phthonia, Rhomboidella, Scolimytilus, Septifer, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Subtaxa: Perna bosniaca, Perna heberti, Perna kerguelensis, Perna latoconvexa, Perna magellanica, Perna meleagrinoides, Perna nishiyamai, Perna perna, Perna rimosa, Perna texanus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder