Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combinations: Diplodonta (Felaniella) parilis, Felaniella (Felaniella) parilis, Loripes parilis, Lucina parilis, Taras parilis
Belongs to Diplodonta according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Coan et al. 2000, Etherington 1931, Hall 2002, Kafanov et al. 2001, Moore 1963 and Moore 1988
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta), Diplodonta (Microstagon), Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma), Diplodonta (Sphaerella), Diplodonta (Timothynus), Diplodonta (Zemysina), Diplodonta acclinis, Diplodonta aleutica, Diplodonta astartea, Diplodonta balcombensis, Diplodonta confusa, Diplodonta corbiscula, Diplodonta cornea, Diplodonta davisi, Diplodonta dilatata, Diplodonta dissona, Diplodonta ferruginata, Diplodonta globosa, Diplodonta hopkinsiensis, Diplodonta incerta, Diplodonta inconspicua, Diplodonta infrequens, Diplodonta lupinus, Diplodonta mediamericana, Diplodonta nucleiformis, Diplodonta orbella, Diplodonta paralta, Diplodonta problematica, Diplodonta punctata, Diplodonta shilohensis, Diplodonta soror, Diplodonta subquadrata, Diplodonta subrotunda, Diplodonta subrotundata, Diplodonta subvexa, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Taras (Diplodonta) alta, Felaniella senegalensis, Felaniella palmerae, Felaniella insula, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella confusa, Felaniella (Felaniella), Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica, Taras (Taras), Taras griesensis, Taras goodspeedi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (10: California, Oregon collections)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (7: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Eocene of United States (19: California, Oregon)
• Paleocene of China (1)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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