Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combination: Diplodonta woodringi
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1929. Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18(4):73-213
Belongs to Diplodonta (Diplodonta) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Anderson 1929
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta) adangmarum, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) alta, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) buwaldana, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) collina, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) cretacea, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) homalostriata, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) minor, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) nigeriensis, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) polita, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) stephensoni, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) ungulina, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) unisulcatus
Type specimen: CAS 4669, a shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 325A, between Chorrera and Cibarco [Tubará Fm], which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Colombia (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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