Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
Parent taxon: Mesodesmatinae according to J. H. Signorelli 2019
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Glenn 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Signorelli and Carter 2016 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Amarilladesma, Amesodesma, Atactodea, Ceroniola
Subtaxa: Mesodesma (Ceronia) Mesodesma (Mesodesma) Mesodesma costaricensis Mesodesma donacilla Mesodesma elongata Mesodesma mariana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Chile (12), Djibouti (2), Eritrea (3), Peru (12), United States (6: Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
• Eocene of Mexico (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 45 collections including 47 occurrences
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