Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

I have not been able to track down the year this species was named, but it appears to be 1813 or 1814

Belongs to Perna according to Sowerby 1813

Sister taxa: Isognomon (Hippochaeta), Isognomon (Iranognomon), Isognomon (Isognomon), Isognomon (Melina), Isognomon (Mulletia), Isognomon (Parviperna), Isognomon (Semignomon), Isognomon alatus, Isognomon bicolor, Isognomon gariesensis, Isognomon gaudichaudi, Isognomon isognomoides, Isognomon isognomon, Isognomon isognomonoides, Isognomon legumen, Isognomon lusitanicus, Isognomon maxillata, Isognomon nucleus, Isognomon orientalis, Isognomon perna, Isognomon radiatus, Isognomon repini, Isognomon ricordeanus, Isognomon valvanoi, Perna latoconvexa, Perna subplana, Perna loczyi, Perna infraliasica, Perna mytiloides

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Taylor et al. (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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