Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Alternative combination: Diplodonta alta
Belongs to Diplodonta (Diplodonta) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Richards 1943
Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta) adangmarum, 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, Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi
Subtaxa: Diplodonta alta anclotensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Oligocene of Panama (4), United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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