Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Belongs to Lithophaga according to B. Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga cordata, Lithophaga elongata, Lithophaga fabella, Lithophaga gigantea, Lithophaga gracilis, Lithophaga inclusa, Lithophaga inflexa, Lithophaga lingua, Lithophaga lithophaga, Lithophaga lycetti, Lithophaga maikaensis, Lithophaga mucronata, Lithophaga nasuta, Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus beetzi
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (6 collections), Yemen (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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