Tribe Pleurobemini Hannibal 1912 (freshwater mussel)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Synonyms: Elliptionidae Modell 1942, Elliptionini Modell 1942

Parent taxon: Ambleminae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Amblema, Amblemini, Lampsilini, Oxynaiini, Quadrulini, Ptychobranchus, Cyprogenia, Megalonaias, Friersonia, Proptera, Medionidus, Popenaias

Subtaxa: Elliptio Pleurobema

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (5: Saskatchewan collections), United States (3: North Dakota, Utah)

• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia), Mexico (2), Spain (1), United States (4: Arizona, Montana, Utah)

Total: 20 collections including 23 occurrences

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