Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Belongs to Periploma according to R. J. Stanton 1966
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 eodiscus, Periploma iesakai, Periploma inaequivalve, Periploma japonica, Periploma johnseni, Periploma margaritacea, Periploma margaritaceum, Periploma ovatum, Periploma peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis, Periploma venezuelana
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS Loc3856 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (9: Florida collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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