Anodontia spherica Dall and Ochsner 1928 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combinations: Anodontia (Lissosphaira) spherica, Loripinus (Pegophysema) spherica, Lucina spherica

Belongs to Anodontia according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021

See also Hertlein 1972

Sister taxa: Anodontia (Afranodontia), Anodontia (Anodontia), Anodontia (Cavatidens), Anodontia (Cryptophysema), Anodontia (Euanodontia), Anodontia (Lissosphaira), Anodontia (Loripinus), Anodontia alba, Anodontia bulla, Anodontia edentuloides, Anodontia goliath, Anodontia maxima, Anodontia mioinflata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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