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Lithophaga (Myoforceps) (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Alternative spelling: Myoforceps

Parent taxon: Lithophaga according to Mansfield 1937

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Stumpiella), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga carolinensis, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga cordata, Lithophaga elongata, Lithophaga fabella, Lithophaga gigantea, Lithophaga gracilis, Lithophaga inclusa, Lithophaga inflexa, Lithophaga lingua, Lithophaga lithophaga, Lithophaga lycetti, Lithophaga maikaensis, Lithophaga mucronata, Lithophaga nasuta, Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Portugal (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Portugal (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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