Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Lirophora according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Perrilliat 1992 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Chione (Lirophora) agraria, Chione (Lirophora) hendersonii, Lirophora (Panchione), Lirophora dalli, Lirophora holocyma, Lirophora hotelensis, Lirophora mariae, Lirophora parkeria, Lirophora vredenburgi
Subtaxa: Lirophora (Lirophora) alveata Lirophora (Lirophora) carlottae Lirophora (Lirophora) cartagenensis Lirophora (Lirophora) ceramota Lirophora (Lirophora) chiriquiensis Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis Lirophora (Lirophora) grzybowski Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia Lirophora (Lirophora) perduensis Lirophora (Lirophora) quirosensis Lirophora (Lirophora) riomaturensis Lirophora (Lirophora) trimeris Lirophora (Lirophora) usiacurina Lirophora (Lirophora) victoria
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Cayman Islands (3), Colombia (1), Cuba (3), Dominica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), United States (14: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (3), Mexico (2), Panama (2), United States (15: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), Colombia (10), Ecuador (2), Mexico (5), Panama (35), Peru (2), United States (28: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (5)
• Oligocene of United States (14: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 170 collections including 178 occurrences