Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Modiola gigantea
Synonym: Paychoya sicaria Lutkevich and Lobanova 1956
Belongs to Lithophaga according to V. A. Muromtseva and V. A. Guskov 1984
See also Lutkevich and Lobanova 1956
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 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 beetzi, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus australis
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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