Anodontia alba Link 1807 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Synonym: Lucina chrysostoma Philippi 1845

Belongs to Anodontia according to S. Kiel and M. Taviana 2018

See also Hendy et al. 2008, von Cosel 2006 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Anodontia (Afranodontia), Anodontia (Afrophysema), Anodontia (Anodontia), Anodontia (Cavatidens), Anodontia (Cryptophysema), Anodontia (Euanodontia), Anodontia (Lissosphaira), Anodontia (Loripinus), Anodontia (Pegophysema), Anodontia bulla, Anodontia goliath, Anodontia maxima, Anodontia mioinflata, Anodontia spherica, Anodontia sphericula

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (3 collections), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Haiti (2), Jamaica (1), Panama (1), United States (11: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina)

• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Puerto Rico (4)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (2)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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