Paraplacuna Oppenheim 1892 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

Parent taxon: Anomiidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anomia, Anomianella, Anomiinae, Carolia, Enigmonia, Eonomia, Hemiplacuna, Heteranomia, Indoplacuna, Isomonia, Juranomia, Operculella, Paranomia, Parinomya, Pindorama, Placunanomia, Placunanomiinae, Placunema, Placunopsis, Pododesmus, Pseudoplacuna, Tedinia, Wakullina

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jablonski & Raup Locality 25 (Cretaceous of Japan)

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