Diplodonta cornea Reeve 1850 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Alternative combinations: Diplodonta (Felaniella) cornea, Felaniella (Felaniella) cornea, Lucina cornea

Belongs to Diplodonta according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Hertlein and Grant 1972 and Moore 1988

Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta), Diplodonta (Microstagon), Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma), Diplodonta (Sphaerella), Diplodonta (Timothynus), Diplodonta (Zemysina), Diplodonta acclinis, Diplodonta aleutica, Diplodonta astartea, Diplodonta balcombensis, Diplodonta confusa, Diplodonta corbiscula, Diplodonta davisi, Diplodonta dilatata, Diplodonta dissona, Diplodonta ferruginata, Diplodonta globosa, Diplodonta hopkinsiensis, Diplodonta incerta, Diplodonta inconspicua, Diplodonta infrequens, Diplodonta lupinus, Diplodonta mediamericana, Diplodonta nucleiformis, Diplodonta orbella, Diplodonta paralta, Diplodonta parilis, Diplodonta problematica, Diplodonta punctata, Diplodonta shilohensis, Diplodonta soror, Diplodonta subquadrata, Diplodonta subrotunda, Diplodonta subrotundata, Diplodonta subvexa, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Taras (Diplodonta) alta, Taras orbella, Taras goodspeedi, Taras griesensis, Taras (Taras), Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica, Felaniella (Felaniella), Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella insula, Felaniella senegalensis, Felaniella palmerae, Felaniella confusa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Pliocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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