Diplodonta mediamericana Brown and Pilsbry 1913 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1913. Two collections of Pleistocene fossils from the Isthmus of Panama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 65(2):493-500

Belongs to Diplodonta according to A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry 1913

Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta), Diplodonta (Microstagon), Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma), Diplodonta (Sphaerella), Diplodonta (Timothynus), Diplodonta (Zemysina), Diplodonta acclinis, Diplodonta aleutica, Diplodonta astartea, Diplodonta balcombensis, Diplodonta confusa, Diplodonta corbiscula, Diplodonta cornea, Diplodonta davisi, Diplodonta dilatata, Diplodonta dissona, Diplodonta ferruginata, Diplodonta globosa, Diplodonta hopkinsiensis, Diplodonta incerta, Diplodonta inconspicua, Diplodonta infrequens, Diplodonta lupinus, Diplodonta nucleiformis, Diplodonta orbella, Diplodonta paralta, Diplodonta parilis, Diplodonta problematica, Diplodonta punctata, Diplodonta shilohensis, Diplodonta soror, Diplodonta subquadrata, Diplodonta subrotunda, Diplodonta subrotundata, Diplodonta subvexa, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Taras (Diplodonta) alta, Felaniella palmerae, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella confusa, Felaniella (Felaniella), Felaniella senegalensis, Felaniella insula, Taras (Taras), Taras griesensis, Taras goodspeedi, Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica

Type specimen: ANSP 76, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Coll. 1 - Black Swamp, Mount Hope [Mount Hope Fm] (Quaternary of Panama)

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