Anodontia mioinflata Kiel et al. 2018 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Full reference: S. Kiel, M. Sami, and M. Taviani. 2018. A serpulid-Anodontia-dominated methane-seep deposit from the upper Miocene of northern Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(3):569-577

Belongs to Anodontia according to S. Kiel et al. 2018

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Ca’ Fornace site (Miocene to Miocene of Italy)

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