Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Alternative spelling: Leiopistha
Parent taxon: Poromyidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002 and White 1874
Sister taxa: Cetoconcha, Cetomyinae, Cymella, Megaporomya, Neaeroporomya, Poromya, Pseudocuspidaria, Perlaporomya
Subtaxa: Leiopistha meekii Liopistha (Psilomya) Liopistha anaana Liopistha glabra Liopistha ligeriensis Liopistha protexta Liopistha sergipensis Liopistha servesensis Liopistha sulcata Liopistha superba Liopistha ventricosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (16 collections), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (5), Canada (19: Alberta, British Columbia), China (1), Colombia (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (4), Gabon (4), Germany (1), India (1), the Netherlands (1), Nigeria (5), Peru (12), Poland (8), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), USSR (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (182: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah), Venezuela (1)
Total: 272 collections including 283 occurrences
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