Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Circe (Lioconcha), Meretrix (Lioconcha)
Parent taxon: Pitarinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Gabb 1865, Hendy 2007, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amiantis, Callocardia, Callpita, Hysteroconcha, Saxidomus, Loxo, Costacallista, Dollfusia, Dosiniopsis, Notocallista, Gilbertharrisella, Aphrodina, Lepidocardia, Larma, Marwickia, Callistalox, Rohea, Rhaiphiale, Pseudaphrodina, Pseudamiantis, Lamelliconcha, Austrocallista, Callistina, Nitidavenus, Mesocallista, Pelecyora, Rhabdopitaria, Chimela, Katherinella, Agriopoma, Goshoraia, Egrona, Naulia, Pitar, Trigonocallista, Nutricola
Subtaxa: Lioconcha (Lioconcha) Lioconcha (Sulcilioconcha) Lioconcha ornata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (5 collections), Iran (1), Japan (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Pakistan (1), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), Pakistan (2), the Philippines (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4), Indonesia (3), the Philippines (1)
Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences
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