Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Anodontia according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Dockery 1982
Sister taxa: Anodontia (Afranodontia), Anodontia (Afrophysema), Anodontia (Cavatidens), Anodontia (Cryptophysema), Anodontia (Euanodontia), Anodontia (Lissosphaira), Anodontia (Loripinus), Anodontia (Pegophysema), Anodontia alba, Anodontia bulla, Anodontia goliath, Anodontia maxima, Anodontia mioinflata, Anodontia spherica, Anodontia sphericula
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