Diplodonta (Microstagon) Cossmann 1896 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Alternative spelling: Microstagon

Parent taxon: Diplodonta according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta), Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma), Diplodonta (Sphaerella), Diplodonta (Timothynus), Diplodonta (Zemysina), Diplodonta acclinis, Diplodonta aleutica, Diplodonta astartea, Diplodonta balcombensis, Diplodonta confusa, Diplodonta corbiscula, Diplodonta cornea, Diplodonta dalli, Diplodonta davisi, Diplodonta dilatata, Diplodonta dissona, Diplodonta ferruginata, Diplodonta globosa, Diplodonta hopkinsiensis, Diplodonta incerta, Diplodonta inconspicua, Diplodonta infrequens, Diplodonta lupinus, Diplodonta mediamericana, Diplodonta nucleiformis, Diplodonta orbella, Diplodonta paralta, Diplodonta parilis, Diplodonta problematica, Diplodonta punctata, Diplodonta shilohensis, Diplodonta soror, Diplodonta subquadrata, Diplodonta subrotunda, Diplodonta subrotundata, Diplodonta subvexa, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Taras (Diplodonta) alta, Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica, Felaniella (Felaniella), Felaniella senegalensis, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella insula, Felaniella palmerae, Felaniella confusa, Taras (Taras), Taras goodspeedi

Subtaxa: Diplodonta (Microstagon) obliqua Microstagon miliaria

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Alabama)

• Paleocene of Germany (1)

Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences

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