Placuna (Indoplacuna) promensis Vredenburg 1924 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1924. On some fossil forms of Placuna. Records of the Geological Survey of India 55(2):110-119

Belongs to Placuna (Indoplacuna) according to E. Vredenburg 1924

Sister taxa: Indoplacuna sindiensis, Placuna (Indoplacuna) birmanica, Placuna (Indoplacuna) iranica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kyaungon (Kama stage), which is in an Aquitanian marine horizon in the Kama Formation of Myanmar

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kyaungon (Kama stage)

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