Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: R. M. Johnston. 1887. Contribution to the palaeontology of the upper Palaeozoic rocks of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1886 4-18
Belongs to Lithodomus according to R. M. Johnston 1887
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, 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 hemirhabdota, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus portlandicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bridgewater limestone (Tasmanian museum), which is in a Kungurian carbonate wackestone in the Berriedale Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bridgewater limestone (Tasmanian museum)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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