Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combinations: Lithodomus cordatus, Lithophagus cordatus, Modiola cordata
Belongs to Lithophaga according to L. R. Cox 1936
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga (Stumpiella), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga carolinensis, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga elongata, Lithophaga fabella, Lithophaga gigantea, Lithophaga gracilis, Lithophaga inclusa, Lithophaga inflexa, Lithophaga lingua, Lithophaga lithophaga, Lithophaga lycetti, Lithophaga maikaensis, Lithophaga mucronata, Lithophaga nasuta, Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus permianus
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Khamir (Oligocene limestone) (Oligocene of Iran)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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