Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combinations: Diplodonta rotundata, Lucina rotundata, Taras (Diplodonta) rotundata, Taras rotundata, Tellina rotundata
Belongs to Diplodonta (Diplodonta) according to H. Moths et al. 2010
See also Freneix et al. 1988, Mukerjee 1939, Schneider et al. 2005, Tiwari and Kachhara 2003 and Wood 1850
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta) adangmarum, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) alta, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) buwaldana, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) collina, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) cretacea, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) homalostriata, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) minor, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) nigeriensis, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) polita, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) stephensoni, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) ungulina, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) unisulcatus, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1), Turkey (1), Yemen (3)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), the United Kingdom (5)
• Miocene of Algeria (7), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (2), Germany (2), India (1), Italy (1), Morocco (2), Poland (2)
• Oligocene of Austria (3)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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