Liopistha (Psilomya) Meek 1876 (clam)

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae

Alternative spelling: Psilomya

Parent taxon: Liopistha according to B. Musavu Moussavou 2019

See also Popenoe 1937, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Warren 1933

Sister taxa: Leiopistha meekii, Liopistha anaana, Liopistha glabra, Liopistha ligeriensis, Liopistha protexta, Liopistha sergipensis, Liopistha servesensis, Liopistha sulcata, Liopistha superba, Liopistha ventricosa

Subtaxa: Liopistha (Psilomya) allani Liopistha (Psilomya) hardingensis Psilomya peterpondi

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (13 collections), Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia), Colombia (1), Denmark (1), Gabon (2), Peru (4), Poland (5), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (19: Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Utah)

Total: 52 collections including 53 occurrences

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