Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combinations: Lithophaga (Myoforceps) aristata, Myoforceps aristata, Mytilus aristatus
Belongs to Lithophaga according to G. T. Poppe and Y. Goto 1993
See also Callapez and Ferreira Soares 2000 and Hendy et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga cordata, 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 hemirhabdota, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus permianus
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Italy (1), Portugal (3), United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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