Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combination: Amphidesma punctatum
Belongs to Diplodonta according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Richards et al. 1969 and Rosenberg 2005
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta), Diplodonta (Microstagon), 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 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 (Felaniella), Felaniella palmerae, Felaniella senegalensis, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella insula, Felaniella confusa, Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica, Taras goodspeedi, Taras (Taras)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Cayman Islands (2), the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (1), United States (8: Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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