Polymesoda (Geloina) Gray 1840 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Alternative spelling: Geloina

Parent taxon: Polymesoda according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Kanno 1978, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena), Polymesoda bravoensis, Polymesoda caroliniana, Polymesoda compressa, Polymesoda dumblei, Polymesoda falconensis, Polymesoda gabbiana, Polymesoda subarata, Polymesoda trigalensis

Subtaxa: Geloina hashimoto Polymesoda (Geloina) tegalensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (3)

• Miocene of Japan (3)

• Oligocene of Japan (1)

• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Japan (4)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1)

Total: 14 collections including 17 occurrences

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