Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Synonym: Axinopsis Sars 1878 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Thyasiridae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hendy 2020, Moore 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adontorhina, Axinopsidinae, Axinulus, Axinus, Conchocele, Cretaxinus, Eothyasira, Genaxinus, Leptaxinus, Parathyasira, Rhacothyas, Storthodon, Tauraxinus, Thyasira, Thyasirinae
Subtaxa: Axinopsida orbiculata Axinopsida pegodonta Axinopsida serricata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder-chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Nunavut, Quebec collections), Greenland (5), United States (10: Alaska, California)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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