Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Synonyms: Kelliopsis Verrill and Bush 1898, Orobitella Dall 1900
Parent taxon: Lasaeidae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Glenn 1904, Jung 1969, Marquet 2005, Moore 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Borniinae, Cymatioa, Diarmaidia, Isorobitella, Kellia, Kurtiella, Lasaea, Neaeromya, Orobitellinae, Phascoliophila, Rhamphidonta, Scacchia, Thecodontinae
Subtaxa: Aligena (Aligena) Aligena aequata Aligena cerritensis Aligena cokeri Aligena elevata Aligena pustulosa Aligena striata Aligena texasiana
Type: Aligena striata
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), United States (15: California, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Germany (1), United States (19: Florida, Maryland)
Total: 44 collections including 49 occurrences
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