Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1844. A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland 1-207
Parent taxon: Sanguinolitinae according to J. P. Neves et al. 2014
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Morris et al. 1991, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Gilbertsonia, Grammysiopsis, Myofossa, Pentagrammysia, Praeundulomya, Siphogrammysia
Subtaxa: Sanguinolites bellerophontium Sanguinolites bisectus Sanguinolites carbonaria Sanguinolites combensis Sanguinolites drupa Sanguinolites gracilis Sanguinolites gracilis Sanguinolites hekitoensis Sanguinolites ishii Sanguinolites kamiyassensis Sanguinolites lukjanovae Sanguinolites modiomorphoides Sanguinolites naenia Sanguinolites naiadiformis Sanguinolites obliquus Sanguinolites olseni Sanguinolites peruvianus Sanguinolites porteri Sanguinolites qiaojiaensis Sanguinolites retusus Sanguinolites rigidus Sanguinolites salteri Sanguinolites sanduskyensis Sanguinolites shumardi Sanguinolites simplex Sanguinolites simulans Sanguinolites sphenoidalis Sanguinolites unioniformis Sanguinolites ventricosus Sanguinolites woolnoughi Sanguinolites xizangensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (1), China (9), Greece (2), Italy (1), Japan (2), Lithuania (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (3), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (10: Arizona, Idaho, Nevada), Venezuela (3)
• Namurian of Argentina (1)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (3), Australia (3), Belize (1), Brazil (2), Ireland (1), Japan (1), Peru (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (27), United States (23: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Devonian of Australia (4), Canada (1: Ontario), China (10), Germany (2), South Africa (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Alaska)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 138 collections including 150 occurrences
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