Cleidophorus planulata Conrad 1841 (clam)

Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Cucullellidae

Alternative combination: Nuculites planulata

Belongs to Cleidophorus according to Hall 1847

Sister taxa: Nuculites (Gonionuculites), Nuculites argentinum, Nuculites ichikawai, Nuculites kimuari, Nuculites neglectus, Nuculites oblongatus, Nuculites planulatus, Nuculites primus, Nuculites stonyensis, Nuculites suboblongatus, Nuculites wattii, Cleidophorus hollebeni, Cleidophorus trapezoidalis, Cleidophorus delawarensis, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus eductus, Cleidophorus catherinae, Cleidophorus perdubius, Cleidophorus striatulus, Pyrenomoeus cuneatus, Cucullella antiqua

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cleidophorus planulata in the database

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