Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick. 2010. Eocene molluscs from the Merlinleigh Sandstone, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 26:23-41
Belongs to Periglypta according to T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick 2010
Sister taxa: Periglypta caesarina, Periglypta caribbeana, Periglypta listeri, Periglypta multicostata, Periglypta puerpera, Periglypta reticulata, Periglypta tamiamensis, Periglypta tarquinia
Type specimen: WAM 79.2860b, a shell. Its type locality is Merlinleigh Station, breakaway east of homestead, which is in a Lutetian shoreface sandstone in the Merlinleigh Sandstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Australia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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