Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Belongs to Periploma according to Harris 1895
Sister taxa: Periploma (Aelga), Periploma (Offadesma), Periploma (Periploma), Periploma acuta, Periploma ariei, Periploma binominata, Periploma caribana, Periploma claibornense, Periploma clarki, 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 venezuelana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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