Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Parent taxon: Periplomatidae according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
See also Durham 1944, Moore 1976, Moore 1984, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Aperiploma, Periploma
Subtaxa: Cochlodesma bainbridgensis Cochlodesma emmonsii
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Belgium (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Denmark (1), Germany (2), the Netherlands (2)
• Oligocene of United States (11: Alaska, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (13: Colorado, Oregon, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Texas)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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