†Cymella Meek 1864 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Alternative spelling: Liopistha (Cymella)
Parent taxon: Poromyidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Maury 1936 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cetoconcha, Cetomyinae, Liopistha, Megaporomya, Neaeroporomya, Poromya, Pseudocuspidaria, Perlaporomya
Subtaxa: Liopistha (Cymella) montanensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (8: Alberta collections), United States (51: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas)
Total: 59 collections including 61 occurrences
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