Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225
Belongs to Isognomon according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
Sister taxa: Isognomon (Hippochaeta), Isognomon (Iranognomon), Isognomon (Isognomon), Isognomon (Melina), Isognomon (Mulletia), Isognomon (Parviperna), Isognomon (Semignomon), Isognomon alatus, Isognomon bicolor, Isognomon gaudichaudi, Isognomon isognomoides, Isognomon isognomon, Isognomon isognomonoides, Isognomon legumen, Isognomon maxillata, Isognomon nucleus, Isognomon orientalis, Isognomon perna, Isognomon quadrisulcata, Isognomon radiatus, Isognomon repini, Isognomon valvanoi
Type specimen: SAM-PQ-HB564, a partial shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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