Bivalvia - Pectinida - Placunidae

Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36

Belongs to Placenta according to A. K. Dey 1961

Sister taxa: Placuna (Ephippium), Placuna (Placuna), Placuna iranica, Placenta miocenica, Placenta (Placenta)

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Quilon Limestone Formation of India

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala)

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