Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Full reference: K. Oyama and A. Mizuno. 1958. n the New Forms of Paleogene Molluscs from Japan. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 9:589-606
Belongs to Periploma according to K. Oyama and A. Mizuno 1958
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 inaequivalve, Periploma japonica, Periploma johnseni, Periploma margaritacea, Periploma margaritaceum, Periploma ovatum, Periploma peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis, Periploma venezuelana
Type specimen: GSJ 5029, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Marine Bivalvia of Astronomicheskogo Mysa Suite in western Kamchatka (Eocene to Oligocene of Russian Federation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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