Litorhadia Stewart 1930 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative spellings: Calorhadia (Litorhadia), Lithorhadia

Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314

Parent taxon: Nuculanidae according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Gardner 1945, Hendy 2007, Kosnik 2002, Moore 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Acilana, Acutispinula, Anthracoleda, Australoportlandia, Bathyspinula, Calorhadia, Costatoleda, Costelloleda, Dacromya, Ezonuculana, Indonuculana, Ledella, Ledellinae, Mesosaccella, Multidentata, Nuculana, Nuculaninae, Orthoyoldia, Phestioidea, Poroleda, Poroledidae, Praeportlandia, Propeleda, Saccella, Scissuladrana, Spineilo, Veteranellinae, Clidophorus

Subtaxa: Calorhadia (Litorhadia) acala Calorhadia (Litorhadia) bastropensis Calorhadia (Litorhadia) compsa Calorhadia (Litorhadia) evanescentior Calorhadia (Litorhadia) lisbonensis Calorhadia (Litorhadia) mater Calorhadia (Litorhadia) santaanai Litorhadia astoriana Litorhadia buenoi

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Type: Leda acala

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: Oregon collections)

• Oligocene of United States (5: Oregon, Washington)

• Eocene of Mexico (2), United States (92: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene of Colombia (1), Mexico (3), United States (2: Alabama)

Total: 108 collections including 145 occurrences

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