Cymella Meek 1864 (clam)

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

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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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