Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: J. Marwick. 1953. Divisions and faunas of the Hokonui System (Triassic and Jurassic). New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 21
Belongs to Lithophaga according to J. Marwick 1953
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga carolinensis, 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 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 beetzi, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus australis
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Locality R15/f8018, Waikato (Jurassic of New Zealand)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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