Periplomya tryoniana Gabb 1864 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae

Alternative combination: Anatina tryoniana

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Periplomya according to R. B. Stewart 1930

See also Gabb 1864

Sister taxa: Periplomya inequilateralis, Periplomya oregonensis, Periplomya quadrata, Periplomya reddingensis, Periplomya trinitensis, Periplomya whitneyi

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Periplomya tryoniana in the database

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