Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Lithodomus antillarum
Belongs to Lithophaga according to P. H. De Buisonjé 1974
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga cordata, Lithophaga elongata, Lithophaga fabella, Lithophaga gigantea, Lithophaga gracilis, Lithophaga inclusa, Lithophaga inflexa, Lithophaga lingua, Lithophaga lithophaga, Lithophaga lycetti, Lithophaga maikaensis, Lithophaga mucronata, Lithophaga nasuta, Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus hemirhabdota
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (4: Florida)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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