Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Parent taxon: Poromyidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Cetoconcha, Cetomyinae, Cymella, Liopistha, Megaporomya, Neaeroporomya, Pseudocuspidaria, Perlaporomya
Subtaxa: Poromya (Dermatomya) Poromya (Mioporomya) Poromya (Poromya) Poromya globulosa Poromya lata Poromya mississippiensis Poromya tumida
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: California, Florida collections)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Panama (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Cyprus (1), Germany (4), Japan (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene of Denmark (3)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (6: Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Austria (3), Egypt (3), India (1), United States (2: Arizona, Texas)
Total: 44 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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