Pleuromya Meek 1873 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae

Alternative spelling: Panopea (Pleuromya)

Parent taxon: Pleuromyidae according to M. Aberhan 2004

Sister taxon: Pseudomya

Subtaxa: none

Type: Mya gibbosa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (4), Canada (7: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), Ecuador (1), Gabon (4), Germany (2), Japan (2), Lebanon (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (2), New Zealand (12), Papua New Guinea (1), the Russian Federation (23), South Africa (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: California)

• Heterian of New Zealand (4)

• Temaikan of New Zealand (4)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (1)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Antarctica (2), Argentina (2), Bulgaria (7), Canada (43: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (115), China (9), Denmark (3), Egypt (1), France (66), Germany (19), Greenland (113), India (45), Iran (5), Italy (2), Japan (5), Kenya (2), Luxembourg (2), Madagascar (4), Mexico (3), New Zealand (17), North Atlantic (1), Poland (8), Portugal (12), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (13), Saudi Arabia (23), Serbia and Montenegro (6), Spain (98), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (8), Tunisia (9), the United Kingdom (121), United States (13: Alaska, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Texas), Yemen (1)

• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Austria (12), China (6), Colombia (2), France (3), Germany (11), Hungary (21), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Israel (2), Italy (13), Japan (4), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (11), Spain (11), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)

Total: 989 collections including 1128 occurrences

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