Anodontia (Loripinus) Monterosato 1883 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative spellings: Loripinus, Lucina (Loripinus)

Parent taxon: Anodontia according to R. von Cosel 2006

See also Beu et al. 1990, Glover and Taylor 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anodontia (Afranodontia), Anodontia (Afrophysema), Anodontia (Anodontia), Anodontia (Cavatidens), Anodontia (Cryptophysema), Anodontia (Euanodontia), Anodontia (Lissosphaira), Anodontia (Pegophysema), Anodontia alba, Anodontia bulla, Anodontia goliath, Anodontia maxima, Anodontia mioinflata, Anodontia spherica, Anodontia sphericula

Subtaxa: Anodontia (Loripinus) norregaardi Loripinus (Eophysema)

View classification

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1 collection), Spain (1)

• Miocene of France (1), Germany (3), New Zealand (7)

• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details