Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Belongs to Lithophaga according to W.H. Dall 1915
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), 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 petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus australis
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Georgia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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