Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1821. No. LV of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain 4:9-16
Parent taxon: Thyasiridae according to Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Adontorhina, Axinopsida, Axinopsidinae, Axinulus, Conchocele, Cretaxinus, Eothyasira, Genaxinus, Leptaxinus, Parathyasira, Rhacothyas, Storthodon, Tauraxinus, Thyasira, Thyasirinae
Subtaxa: Axinus cretaceus Axinus quadratus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Holy See (Vatican City State) (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (2)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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