Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Parent taxon: Pholadidae according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
See also Pérez et al. 2026 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dactylina, Diplothyra, Jouannetiinae, Lignopholas, Martesia, Martesiinae, Martesinae, Opertochasma, Pholadinae, Teredina, Xylophaginae, Zirphaea
Subtaxa: Cyrtopleura (Scobinopholas) Cyrtopleura costata Cyrtopleura crucigera Cyrtopleura lanceolata Cyrtopleura levesquei
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1), Panama (1), United States (13: Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3)
• Paleocene of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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