Periplomya Conrad 1870 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anatimya, Cercomya, Laternula, Orthomya, Planariomya, Platymyoidea, Plectomya, Tulongella

Subtaxa: Periplomya inequilateralis Periplomya oregonensis Periplomya quadrata Periplomya reddingensis Periplomya trinitensis Periplomya tryoniana Periplomya whitneyi

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: New Jersey collections)

• Cretaceous of India (1), Japan (14), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (33: Alabama, California, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas)

Total: 53 collections including 56 occurrences

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