Paramya (softshell clam)
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Parent taxon: Myidae according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
See also Glenn 1904 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cryptomya, Cryptomyinae, Mya, Myinae, Platyodon, Sphenia, Spheniinae, Tugonia, Venatomya
Subtaxa: Paramya subovata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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