Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Parent taxon: Dimyidae according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Dockery 1982, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Maxwell 1978, Robinson and Lee 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Atreta, Dimyarina, Protostrea
Subtaxa: Dimya acuminata Dimya adaia Dimya argentea Dimya californiana Dimya phaidra Dimya rufaripa Dimya sigillata Dimya westonensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (1), Panama (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (3)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (1), United States (7: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Australia (4), Bulgaria (3), New Zealand (1), Spain (3)
• Paleocene of Belgium (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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