Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combinations: Diplodonta buwaldana, Taras buwaldana
Full reference: F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112
Belongs to Diplodonta (Diplodonta) according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Keen 1943 and Loel and Corey 1932
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta) adangmarum, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) alta, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) collina, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) cretacea, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) homalostriata, 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: CAS 111, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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