Gnathodon Sowerby 1831 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Parent taxon: Gnathodontidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Darcinia, Darininae, Hemimactra, Leptomactra, Longimactra, Lutrariinae, Mactrinae, Mactropsis, Mactrotoma, Mulinia, Mulinoides, Pteroluter, Pteropsis, Rangia, Scissodesma, Simomactra, Spisula, Tanysiphoninae, Willimactra, Zenatiinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gnathodon in the database

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