Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Parent taxon: Lutrariinae according to J. H. Signorelli and J. G. Carter 2016
See also Beu 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Freneix et al. 1988, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Moore 2003, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Heterocardia, Lutromactra, Meropesta, Tresus
Subtaxa: Lutraria (Cryptodon) Lutraria (Lutraria) Lutraria (Psammophila) Lutraria australis Lutraria elliptica Lutraria lutraria Lutraria oblonga Lutraria papyria Lutraria philippinarum Lutraria traskei
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Belgium (1), Djibouti (1), Ireland (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), Namibia (3), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (8), Thailand (1), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (5), Greece (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (4), the United Kingdom (4)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Australia (1), Austria (7), Germany (10), Greece (2), Hungary (1), India (2), Iran (1), Italy (6), Japan (1), Moldova (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (2)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2), Austria (1), Hungary (2)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 91 collections including 95 occurrences
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