Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Parent taxon: Unionidae according to L. S. Russell 1935
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Shoshani et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Acuneopsis, Alasmidontinae, Ambleminae, Coelatura, Coelaturinae, Comptio, Cuneopsis, Danlengiconcha, Elongaria, Eocuneopsis, Eolamprotula, Gonideinae, Jishuiconcha, Lamprotula, Liopotomida, Liovetulonaia, Luochengella, Modellnaiinae, Ningxiaconcha, Paranodonta, Parreysiinae, Periodunio, Plicatounio, Potomida, Proparreysia, Pseudelliptio, Psilounio, Qianweiella, Qiyangia, Qiyangiinae, Quadrula, Radioplicata, Rectidentinae, Rhabdotophorus, Shifangella, Shistodesmus, Solenaia, Tuberonaia, Undulatula, Unionelloides, Unioninae, Wulongiconcha, Yunnanoconcha
Subtaxa: Anodonta arnoldi Anodonta cygnea Anodonta johnseni Anodonta kettlemanensis Anodonta liasokeuperina Anodonta lignitica Anodonta nitida Anodonta truncilla
Type: Anodonta johnseni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (3: California, Florida, Michigan)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Slovakia (1), United States (4: California)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Germany (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
• Oligocene of Japan (2)
• Eocene of Japan (4), Pakistan (3), United States (2: Texas, Washington)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
• Devonian of Ireland (1)
Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences
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