Bankia Gray 1842 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae

Parent taxon: Bankiinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Healy 1998 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Nausitora, Nototeredo

Subtaxa: Bankia (Lyrodobankia) Bankia lincolnensis Bankia setacea

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Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (1: Maryland)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of United States (2: California)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2), United States (11: Texas)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)

• Jurassic of Peru (1)

Total: 21 collections including 27 occurrences

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