Platyodon piedraensis Wiedey 1929 (softshell clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1929. New Miocene mollusks from California. Journal of Paleontology 3(3):280-289

Belongs to Platyodon according to W. Loel and W. H. Corey 1932

See also Wiedey 1929

Sister taxa: Platyodon cancellatus, Platyodon nipponica

Type specimen: LSJU 521. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 441, Corral de Piedra, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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