Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combination: Sphaerella subvexa
Belongs to Diplodonta according to L. C. Glenn 1904
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 parilis, Diplodonta problematica, Diplodonta punctata, Diplodonta shilohensis, Diplodonta soror, Diplodonta subquadrata, Diplodonta subrotunda, Diplodonta subrotundata, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Taras (Diplodonta) alta, Felaniella confusa, Felaniella senegalensis, Felaniella (Felaniella), Felaniella palmerae, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella insula, Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica, Taras (Taras), Taras griesensis, Taras goodspeedi, Taras orbella
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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