Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Belongs to Periploma according to H. K. Hodson 1931
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 margaritaceum, Periploma ovatum, Periploma peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis
Subtaxa: Periploma venezuelana wiedenmayeri
Type specimen: PRI (no number), a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hodson Loc. 86 [Urumaco Fm] (Miocene of Venezuela)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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