Periploma santaecrucis Arnold 1908 (clam)

Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389

Belongs to Periploma according to R. Arnold 1908

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 stewartvillensis, Periploma venezuelana

Type specimen: Leland Stanford Junior University 1074, a valve

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Periploma santaecrucis in the database

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