Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Parent taxon: Lithophaga according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga (Stumpiella), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga carolinensis, 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 claibornensis, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota
Subtaxa: Lithophaga (Lithophaga) clarki
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), India (2), Portugal (1), Spain (10), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence