Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Full reference: L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221
Belongs to Periploma according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937
Sister taxa: Periploma (Aelga), Periploma (Offadesma), Periploma (Periploma), Periploma acuta, Periploma ariei, Periploma binominata, Periploma caribana, Periploma claibornense, Periploma clarki, Periploma collardi, Periploma cryphia, Periploma discus, Periploma eodiscus, Periploma iesakai, Periploma inaequivalve, Periploma japonica, Periploma margaritacea, Periploma margaritaceum, Periploma ovatum, Periploma peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis, Periploma venezuelana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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