Diarmaidia Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012 (kelly clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae

Full reference: E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott. 2012. Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6:1-1258

Parent taxon: Lasaeidae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

Sister taxa: Aligena, Borniinae, Cymatioa, Isorobitella, Kellia, Kurtiella, Lasaea, Neaeromya, Orobitellinae, Phascoliophila, Rhamphidonta, Scacchia, Thecodontinae, Anomalokellia, Temblornia, Lepton, Properycina, Vermitexta, Vermitexa

Subtaxa: Diarmaidia bidentata Diarmaidia egretta Diarmaidia jingchunae Diarmaidia zorritensis

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Type: Bornia egretta

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Morocco (1 collection), the Netherlands (5), Poland (2), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (6)

• Pliocene of Belgium (6), the United Kingdom (3)

• Miocene of Germany (2), the Netherlands (2)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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