Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae

Synonyms: Pholadomya laevigata Hupe 1854, Pleuromya gottschei Behrendsen 1892

Belongs to Pleuromya according to M. Aberhan 2004

See also Fischer 1969 and Scholz et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia collection)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Antarctica (1), Chile (87), China (1), France (35), Germany (2), Greenland (44), India (44), Madagascar (3), Mexico (2), North Atlantic (1), Poland (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Spain (52), Tanzania (3), the United Kingdom (76)

Total: 361 collections including 363 occurrences

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