Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative spelling: Diberus
Parent taxon: Lithophaga according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Moore 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, 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 beetzi, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus portlandicus
Subtaxa: Lithophaga (Diberus) plumula
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: California collections)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2), United States (2: California)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence