Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combinations: Diplodonta polita, Mysia polita, Taras politus
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Diplodonta (Diplodonta) according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Gabb 1864, Hanna 1927, Stewart 1930 and Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta) adangmarum, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) alta, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) buwaldana, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) collina, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) cretacea, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) homalostriata, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) minor, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) nigeriensis, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) stephensoni, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) ungulina, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) unisulcatus, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: California, Washington collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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