Postligata Gardner 1916 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Parent taxon: Glycymeridinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Africarca, Costaglycymeris, Ewekoromeris, Glycymeris, Glycymeris barbarensis, Glycymerita, Melaxinaea, Tucetilla, Tucetonella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (61: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 61 collections including 65 occurrences

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