Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246
Belongs to Periploma according to H. E. Vokes 1939
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 iesakai, Periploma inaequivalve, Periploma japonica, Periploma johnseni, Periploma margaritacea, Periploma margaritaceum, Periploma ovatum, Periploma peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis, Periploma venezuelana
Type specimen: UCMP 15595, 15596
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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