Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combinations: Diplidonta turgida, Diplodonta turgida, Loripes turgida, Sphaerella turgida
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Timothynus according to D. T. Dockery 1982
See also Conrad 1848
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Timothynus) bulla, Diplodonta (Timothynus) inezensis, Timothynus bulla, Timothynus capuloides, Timothynus subvexa
Type specimen: ANSP 30680, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (7: Mississippi collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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