Lentidium Cristofori 1832 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Alternative spellings: Aloides (Lentidium), Corbulomya (Lentidium)

Parent taxon: Lentidiinae according to H. Moths et al. 2010

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cossmann 1909, Marquet et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Wienrich 1999

Sister taxon: Corbulomya

Subtaxa: Lentidium (Ajanssenium) Lentidium (Janschinella) Lentidium (Lentidium) Lentidium complanatum

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Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), France (1), Iceland (7)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Iceland (6), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Miocene of Belgium (2), France (1), Germany (3)

• Oligocene of Belgium (5), France (36), Germany (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), Japan (5), the United Kingdom (1)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Cretaceous of India (1)

Total: 78 collections including 94 occurrences

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