Phlyctiderma heroni Ward and Blackwelder 1987 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Full reference: L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283

Belongs to Phlyctiderma according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) caelata, Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) semiaspera, Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) semirugosa

Type specimen: USNM 203921

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Section 5 (Unit C, James City Fm) - Lee Creek Mine (Quaternary of North Carolina)

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