Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Lithodomus bisulcatus
Belongs to Lithophaga according to P. H. De Buisonjé 1974
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga (Stumpiella), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga carolinensis, 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 brevis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus portlandicus
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Curaçao (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (4: Florida)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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