Periploma ovatum d'Orbigny 1846 (clam)

Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae

Alternative combination: Periploma ovata

Belongs to Periploma according to E. A. Farinati 1985

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 peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis, Periploma venezuelana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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