Anisodonta Deshayes 1858 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae

Parent taxon: Sportellidae according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990

See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wienrich 1999

Sister taxa: Angusticardo, Basterotia, Cerullia, Ensitellops, Fabella, Fulcrella, Grundensia, Hindsiella, Isoconcha, Sportella, Vokesella

Subtaxa: Anisodonta rugulosa Anisodonta subalata Anisodonta subovata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (4 collections), United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene of United States (1: Virginia)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2)

• Eocene of Antarctica (3), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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