†Eophysema Stewart 1930 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Milthinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cavatidens, Claibornites, Eamesiella, Gibbolucina, Jagolucina, Milthoidea, Myrtucina, Pterolucina
Subtaxa: Eophysema ozarkana
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (26: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas collections)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
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