Parent taxon: Myidae according to R. Marquet et al. 2008
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Glenn 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Cryptomya, Cryptomyinae, Mya, Myinae, Paramya, Platyodon, Spheniinae, Tugonia, Venatomya
Subtaxa: Sphenia aequilateralis Sphenia angusta Sphenia angustata Sphenia cuneiformis Sphenia donaciformis Sphenia dubia Sphenia fragilis Sphenia iheringiana Sphenia luticola Sphenia meganosensis Sphenia myalis Sphenia passyana Sphenia pusilla Sphenia radiatula Sphenia terquemi
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (5 collections), United States (12: California, Florida, North Carolina), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), United States (6: California, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), France (1), Germany (6), the Netherlands (1), Poland (3), United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene of Belgium (3), Denmark (1), France (6), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: California)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Poland (1)
Total: 60 collections including 64 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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