Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Belongs to Lithophaga according to L. C. Glenn 1904
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga atavus, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga cordata, Lithophaga elongata, Lithophaga fabella, Lithophaga gigantea, Lithophaga gracilis, Lithophaga inclusa, Lithophaga inflexa, Lithophaga lingua, Lithophaga lithophaga, Lithophaga lycetti, Lithophaga maikaensis, Lithophaga mucronata, Lithophaga nasuta, Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus claibornensis
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Shiloh - Kirkwood Formation (Miocene of New Jersey)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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