Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Parent taxon: Psammobiinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Glenn 1904, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphichaena, Asaphinella, Ascitellina, Heteroglypta, Liodonax, Macrosolen
Subtaxa: Asaphis (Asaphinoides) Asaphis centenaria Asaphis deflorata Asaphis delicatus Asaphis undulata Asaphis violascens
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2), Jordan (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), Sudan (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Colombia (2), Japan (1), United States (2: Maryland)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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