Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Synonym: Lanistina Gray 1847
Parent taxon: Mytilidae according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Adipicola, Adula, Aeidimytilus, Amygdalum, Antetrichomya, Arcomytilus, Arcoperna, Arcuatula, Arcuatulinae, Arvella, Aulacomya, Bathymodiolinae, Bathymodiolus, Botulina, Botulopa, Botulopsis, Brachiodontes, Chloromytilus, Ciboticola, Crenella, Cuneolus, Dacrydium, Exosiperna, Eyrena, Falcimytilus, Fluviolanatus, Geukensia, Gregariella, Hilgardella, Inoperna, Lecompteus, Lioberus, Lithophaga, Lithophaginae, Lycettia, Mauricia, Modiolaria, Modiolatus, Modiolinae, Modiolula, Modiolus, Musculista, Mytella, Mytilaster, Mytilinae, Mytiloconcha, Mytilus, Perna, Perumytilus, Phthonia, Plicatomytilus, Rhomboidella, Scolimytilus, Septifer, Solamen, Stavelia, Trichomusculus, Trichomya, Volsella, Volsellina, Xenomytilinae, Xenostrobus
Subtaxa: Lanistina arcacea, Lanistina corioensis, Musculus (Ryenella), Musculus balcombei, Musculus discors, Musculus glacialis, Musculus kryshtofovitschi, Musculus nanulus, Musculus nanus, Musculus niger, Musculus somaliensis, Musculus sorgenfreii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder