Periplomya reddingensis Anderson 1938 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331

Belongs to Periplomya according to F. M. Anderson 1938

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc1691, Clements Ranch, Redding (=Reading) Creek, , which is in a Hauterivian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 1691, Clements Ranch, Redding (=Reading) Creek,

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