Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

Full reference: G. Stefanini. 1939. Molluschi del Giuralias della Somalia, Gasteropodi e Lamellibranchi [Jurassic molluscs from Somalia, gastropods and bivalves]. Palaeontographia Italica 32(4):103-270

Belongs to Variamussium according to G. Stefanini 1939

Sister taxa: Parvamussium alaskensis, Parvamussium duodecimlamellatum, Parvamussium mata, Parvamussium pumilum, Parvamussium retiaculum, Parvamussium salacon, Parvamussium scitulum, Parvamussium squalidulum, Parvamussium thetidis, Parvamussium torresi, Variamussium clamosseum, Variamussium cancellatum, Variamussium squamigerum, Polynemamussium intuscostatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Anole Issa, Oolitico inferiore, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine horizon in Somalia

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore