Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae

Belongs to Periploma according to H. K. Hodson 1931

Sister taxa: Periploma (Aelga), Periploma (Offadesma), Periploma (Periploma), Periploma acuta, Periploma ariei, Periploma binominata, Periploma caribana, Periploma claibornense, Periploma clarki, Periploma collardi, Periploma cryphia, Periploma discus, Periploma eodiscus, Periploma iesakai, Periploma inaequivalve, Periploma japonica, Periploma johnseni, Periploma margaritacea, Periploma margaritaceum, Periploma ovatum, Periploma peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis, Periploma subgracile

Subtaxa: Periploma venezuelana wiedenmayeri

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Type specimen: PRI (no number), a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hodson Loc. 86 [Urumaco Fm] (Miocene of Venezuela)

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