Diplodonta subquadrata Carpenter 1855 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Alternative combination: Diplodonta (Diplodonta) subquadrata

Belongs to Diplodonta according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Hertlein 1972 and Moore 1988

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 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 soror, Diplodonta subrotunda, Diplodonta subrotundata, Diplodonta subvexa, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Taras (Diplodonta) alta, Felaniella insula, Felaniella confusa, Felaniella senegalensis, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella palmerae, Felaniella (Felaniella), Taras goodspeedi, Taras (Taras), Taras griesensis, Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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