Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Synonym: Platymya Agassiz 1838 [replaced name]
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1964. Notes concerning the taxonomy and nomenclature of fossil Bivalvia (mainly Mesozoic). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 36:39-48
Parent taxon: Laternulidae according to M. Aberhan 2004
See also Cox 1964, Cox et al. 1969, Imlay 1967, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Anatimya, Cercomya, Laternula, Orthomya, Periplomya, Planariomya, Plectomya, Tulongella
Subtaxa: Platymya marullensis Platymya rockymontana Platymyoidea dilatata Platymyoidea longa
Type: Platymya dilatata
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection), France (1), Italy (2), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Chile (13), China (1), India (1), Mexico (1), United States (4: Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Triassic of Iran (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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