Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Belongs to Lithophaga according to J. A. Gardner 1916
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 carolinensis, 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 hemirhabdota, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus brevis
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek (Cretaceous of Tennessee)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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