Sowerbya d'Orbigny 1850 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sowerbyidae

Synonym: Isodonta Buvignier 1851

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Jaworski 1922 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Rhaetidia

Subtaxa: Isodonta neotropica Sowerbya singhi

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (11 collections), India (3), Peru (1), Portugal (4), Somalia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (18)

Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence

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