Myopholas Douvillé 1908 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Myopholas hardyi Myopholas multicostata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), Laos (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), China (6), France (1), Japan (1), Kenya (1), Poland (1), Portugal (12), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Utah), Vietnam (1)

Total: 40 collections including 41 occurrences

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