Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi Anderson 1929 (clam)

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

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