Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Belongs to Pleuromya according to G. Alencaster 1977
Sister taxa: Pleuromya aequistriata, Pleuromya alpina, Pleuromya ambigua, Pleuromya bavarica, Pleuromya borealis, Pleuromya calceiformis, Pleuromya cuneata, Pleuromya ecki, Pleuromya elongata, Pleuromya fedaiana, Pleuromya galathea, Pleuromya gibbosa, Pleuromya haydeniana, Pleuromya himaica, Pleuromya humboldtensis, Pleuromya kelleri, Pleuromya loeschmanni, Pleuromya milleformis, Pleuromya oblonga, Pleuromya papyracea, Pleuromya prima, Pleuromya prosogyra, Pleuromya saltriensis, Pleuromya skianni, Pleuromya subcompressa, Pleuromya sulcatissima, Pleuromya tricarinata, Pleuromya uniformis, Pleuromya unioides, Pleuromya urnula, Pleuromya varians
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of USSR (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tanzania (4)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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