Aligena Lea 1843 (aligena)

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

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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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