Periploma binominata Hanna 1924 (lantern shells)

Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae

Synonym: Periploma undulata Clark 1918 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. D. Hanna. 1924. Rectifications of nomenclature. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 13(10):151-186

Belongs to Periploma according to G. D. Hanna 1924

See also Clark 1918

Sister taxa: Periploma (Aelga), Periploma (Offadesma), Periploma (Periploma), Periploma acuta, Periploma ariei, Periploma caribana, Periploma claibornense, Periploma clarki, Periploma collardi, Periploma cryphia, Periploma discus, Periploma eodiscus, Periploma iesakai, Periploma inaequivalve, Periploma japonica, Periploma johnseni, Periploma margaritacea, Periploma margaritaceum, Periploma ovatum, Periploma peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis, Periploma subgracile, Periploma venezuelana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek (Oligocene of California)

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