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Botula fusca

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Botula
Species: Botula fusca (Gmelin, 1791)
Common Name: Cinnamon mussel

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Geological Range

Early Miocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Cuba to Northern Florida.

Remarks

For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog.

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Late Pleistocene: Jaimanitas Formation (Cuba)
Middle Pleistocene: Bermont Formation (S. FL)
Early Miocene: Chipola Formation (N. FL)