Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Parent taxon: Semelidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Glenn 1904, Richards and Harbison 1942 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Abra, Cumingia, Erviliinae, Leptomya, Ligula, Scrobiculariinae, Semele, Semelina, Semelinae, Septeuilia, Theora, Lavignonus
Subtaxa: Ervilia castanea Ervilia chipolana Ervilia concentrica Ervilia meyeri Ervilia nitens Ervilia oregonensis Ervilia planata Ervilia subcancellata Ervilia triangularis Ervilia valhosierr
Type: Mya nitens
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (3 collections), the Dominican Republic (1), Italy (1), Portugal (3), United States (19: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (3), Panama (1), United States (6: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (8)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Belgium (5), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (3), Ecuador (3), France (1), Germany (1), Iran (3), Italy (3), Kazakhstan (1), Panama (57), Poland (6), Romania (4), Ukraine (1), United States (31: Florida, New Jersey), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (41: Mississippi, Oregon)
• Eocene of Panama (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of United States (4: Alabama)
Total: 217 collections including 250 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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