Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Leucosphaerinae according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also Adegoke 1977, Dockery 1982, Glover and Taylor 2007, Kiel and Taviana 2018, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Moore 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Taylor and Glover 2009, Vokes 1980, von Cosel 2006 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Afrolucina, Callucina, Myrtina, Pseudolucinisca, Rawya
Subtaxa: 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 Anodontia spherica
Type: Anodontia alba
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Cayman Islands (3), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Greece (2), Haiti (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Panama (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Taiwan (1), United States (12: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina)
• Pliocene of Colombia (7), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Spain (1), United States (14: California, Florida)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Colombia (6), the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (3), France (1), Germany (3), Indonesia (3), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Madagascar (2), New Zealand (7), Puerto Rico (4), Sao Tome and Principe (1), United States (3: California, Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (2)
• Oligocene of United States (8: Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of France (1), India (1), Pakistan (1), United States (13: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
Total: 135 collections including 136 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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