Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)
Belongs to Diplodonta according to A. A. Olsson 1928
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 dalli, Diplodonta davisi, Diplodonta dilatata, 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 subvexa, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Taras (Diplodonta) alta, Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica, Felaniella (Felaniella), Felaniella senegalensis, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella insula, Felaniella palmerae, Felaniella confusa, Taras (Taras), Taras goodspeedi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Negritos [Salina Fm], which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the Salina Formation of Peru
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Peru (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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