Monitilora Iredale 1930 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Myrteinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alucinoma, Amanocina, Beauvoisina, Cubatea, Discomiltha, Elliptiolucina, Elongatolucina, Eulopia, Gardnerella, Lovaralucina, Mesomiltha, Paramyrtea, Perampliata, Prophetilora
Subtaxa: Monitilora (Monitilora)
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene of India (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (2)
• Eocene of Belgium (4), Bulgaria (1), France (2), the United Kingdom (5)
• Paleocene of Belgium (5), Germany (1), Poland (1)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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