Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Belongs to Lithophaga according to L. W. Stephenson 1941
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga (Stumpiella), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, 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 permianus, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus beetzi
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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