Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Anodontia according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Dockery 1982
Sister taxa: Anodontia (Afranodontia), Anodontia (Cavatidens), Anodontia (Cryptophysema), Anodontia (Euanodontia), Anodontia (Lissosphaira), Anodontia (Loripinus), Anodontia alba, Anodontia bulla, Anodontia edentuloides, Anodontia goliath, Anodontia maxima, Anodontia mioinflata, Anodontia spherica
Subtaxa: Anodontia (Anodontia) inflata Anodontia (Anodontia) mississippiensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
• Miocene of Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (1)
• Oligocene of United States (7: Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (5: California)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence