Cleidophorus planulata Conrad 1841 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae

Alternative combination: Nuculites planulata

Belongs to Cleidophorus according to Hall 1847

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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