Diplodonta cornea Reeve 1850 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Alternative combinations: Felaniella (Felaniella) cornea, Lucina cornea

Belongs to Diplodonta according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Moore 1988

Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Diplodonta), Diplodonta (Microstagon), Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma), Diplodonta (Sphaerella), Diplodonta (Timothynus), Diplodonta (Zemysina), Diplodonta acclinis, Diplodonta aleutica, Diplodonta astartea, Diplodonta balcombensis, Diplodonta confusa, Diplodonta corbiscula, Diplodonta dalli, Diplodonta davisi, Diplodonta dilatata, Diplodonta dissona, Diplodonta ferruginata, Diplodonta globosa, Diplodonta hopkinsiensis, Diplodonta incerta, Diplodonta inconspicua, Diplodonta infrequens, Diplodonta lupinus, Diplodonta mediamericana, Diplodonta nucleiformis, Diplodonta orbella, Diplodonta paralta, Diplodonta parilis, Diplodonta problematica, Diplodonta punctata, Diplodonta shilohensis, Diplodonta soror, Diplodonta subquadrata, Diplodonta subrotunda, Diplodonta subrotundata, Diplodonta subvexa, Diplodonta torelli, Diplodonta transversaria, Diplodonta vaticani, Diplodonta villardeboeana, Diplodonta zelandica, Taras (Diplodonta) alta, Felaniella palmerae, Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata, Felaniella insula, Felaniella (Felaniella), Felaniella confusa, Felaniella senegalensis, Taras (Taras), Taras goodspeedi, Felaniella (Zemysia) elliptica

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LACMIP 41832 (Pliocene of California)

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