Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Belongs to Diplodonta (Diplodonta) according to Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta) adangmarum, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) alta, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) buwaldana, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) collina, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) cretacea, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) minor, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) nigeriensis, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) polita, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) stephensoni, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) ungulina, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) unisulcatus, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi
Type specimen: USNM 352816, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1 collection)
• Miocene of Panama (7)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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