Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Alternative spelling: Placuanomia
Parent taxon: Anomiidae according to W. P. Woodring 1925
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hendy et al. 2008, Moore 1987, Olsson 1964, Olsson 1967, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Anomia, Anomianella, Anomiinae, Carolia, Enigmonia, Eonomia, Hemiplacuna, Heteranomia, Indoplacuna, Isomonia, Juranomia, Operculella, Paranomia, Paraplacuna, Parinomya, Pindorama, Placunanomiinae, Placunema, Placunopsis, Pododesmus, Pseudoplacuna, Tedinia, Wakullina
Subtaxa: Placunanomia (Tamianomia) Placunanomia californica Placunanomia cumingii Placunanomia granti Placunanomia hannibali Placunanomia lithobleta Placunanomia panamensis Placunanomia plicata
Type: Placunanomia cumingii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (4), Jamaica (3), Mexico (2), United States (10: Florida, South Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Haiti (1), New Zealand (3), Panama (1)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (1: California)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences
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