Periploma margaritaceum Lamarck 1801 (clam)

Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae

Alternative combination: Pandora margaritacea

Belongs to Periploma according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Periploma (Aelga), Periploma (Offadesma), Periploma (Periploma), Periploma acuta, Periploma ariei, Periploma binominata, Periploma caribana, Periploma claibornense, Periploma clarki, Periploma collardi, Periploma cryphia, Periploma discus, Periploma eodiscus, Periploma iesakai, Periploma inaequivalve, Periploma japonica, Periploma johnseni, Periploma margaritacea, Periploma ovatum, Periploma peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis, Periploma venezuelana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (4: Louisiana collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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