Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Full reference: L. E. Anelli, A. C. Rocha-Campos, P. R. Santos, J. A. J. Perinotto, and F. Quaglio. 2006. Early Miocene bivalves from the Cape Melville Formation, King George Island, West Antarctic. Alcheringa 30(1):111-132
Belongs to Periploma according to L. E. Anelli et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Periploma (Aelga), Periploma (Offadesma), Periploma (Periploma), Periploma ariei, Periploma binominata, Periploma caribana, Periploma claibornense, Periploma clarki, Periploma collardi, Periploma cryphia, Periploma discus, Periploma eodiscus, Periploma iesakai, Periploma inaequivalve, Periploma japonica, Periploma johnseni, Periploma margaritacea, Periploma margaritaceum, Periploma ovatum, Periploma peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis, Periploma venezuelana
Type specimen: GP/1T 2159, a shell. Its type locality is Cape Melville Fm - Hard Ground section, King George Island, which is in a Miocene offshore mudstone in the Cape Melville Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cape Melville Fm - Hard Ground section, King George Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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