Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combinations: Lucina soror, Phlyctiderma soror
Synonym: Diplodonta mareana Weisbord 1964
Belongs to Diplodonta according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Gardner 1943, Hendy et al. 2008 and Weisbord 1964
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 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 subquadrata, Diplodonta subrotunda, Diplodonta subrotundata, Diplodonta subvexa, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Taras (Diplodonta) alta, Felaniella senegalensis, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella palmerae, Felaniella insula, Felaniella confusa, Felaniella (Felaniella), Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica, Taras goodspeedi, Taras (Taras)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection), United States (13: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina), Venezuela (3)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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