Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combinations: Taras (Taras) globosa, Venus globosa
Belongs to Diplodonta according to S. K. Skwarko 1994
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta), Diplodonta (Microstagon), Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma), Diplodonta (Sphaerella), Diplodonta (Timothynus), Diplodonta (Zemysina), Diplodonta acclinis, Diplodonta aleutica, Diplodonta astartea, Diplodonta balcombensis, Diplodonta confusa, Diplodonta corbiscula, Diplodonta cornea, Diplodonta davisi, Diplodonta dilatata, Diplodonta dissona, Diplodonta ferruginata, Diplodonta hopkinsiensis, Diplodonta incerta, Diplodonta inconspicua, Diplodonta infrequens, Diplodonta lupinus, Diplodonta mediamericana, Diplodonta nucleiformis, Diplodonta orbella, Diplodonta paralta, Diplodonta parilis, Diplodonta problematica, Diplodonta punctata, Diplodonta shilohensis, Diplodonta soror, Diplodonta subquadrata, Diplodonta subrotunda, Diplodonta subrotundata, Diplodonta subvexa, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Taras (Diplodonta) alta, Felaniella senegalensis, Felaniella palmerae, Felaniella insula, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella confusa, Felaniella (Felaniella), Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica, Taras (Taras), Taras griesensis, Taras goodspeedi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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