Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Parent taxon: Laternulidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anatimya, Cercomya, Laternula, Orthomya, Planariomya, Platymyoidea, Plectomya, Tulongella
Subtaxa: Periplomya inequilateralis Periplomya oregonensis Periplomya quadrata Periplomya reddingensis Periplomya trinitensis Periplomya tryoniana Periplomya whitneyi
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: New Jersey collections)
• Cretaceous of India (1), Japan (13), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (33: Alabama, California, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 52 collections including 55 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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