Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Paragouldia
Full reference: W. Miller III. 1985. A new species of Gouldia (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Pleistocene of eastern Northern Carolina. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 18:123-126
Parent taxon: Gouldia according to W. Miller 1985
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Gouldia (Circenita), Gouldia (Gouldia), Gouldia (Gouldiopa), Gouldia alta, Gouldia californica, Gouldia camachoi, Gouldia cerina, Gouldia circularis, Gouldia costaricensis, Gouldia insularis, Gouldia minuta, Gouldia subpusilla
Subtaxa: Gouldia (Paragouldia) platycostata
Type: Gouldia (Paragouldia) platycostata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Section SG1, Smith Gut - unit A [Smith Gut Mbr, Flanner Beach Fm] (Quaternary of North Carolina)