Eomiodon Cox 1935 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Neomiodontidae

Parent taxon: Neomiodontidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Ronchetti 1970 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Costocyrena, Crenotrapezium, Cyrenopsis, Dianina, Eomiodontinae, Eosion, Gansuella, Hunanella, Indosinion, Isodomella, Musculiopsis, Myrene, Neomiodon, Neomiodonoides, Neomiodontinae, Protocyprina, Pseudasaphis

Subtaxa: Eomiodon menkei

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (20 collections), Spain (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Chile (3), China (2), France (1), Hungary (1), India (13), Japan (19), Portugal (44), Spain (2), Tanzania (16), Thailand (2), Tunisia (35), the United Kingdom (3), Yemen (1)

Total: 166 collections including 176 occurrences

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