†Ptychomya (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Parent taxon: Ptychomyidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Hayami 1975 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Ptychomya (Pleuroconcha) Ptychomya densicostata Ptychomya stantoni

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (26 collections), Chile (4), France (2), Italy (1), Japan (7), Mexico (1), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of Chile (2), Mexico (1), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 51 collections including 53 occurrences

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