Periploma cryphia Woodring 1938 (clam)

Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1938. Lower Pliocene mollusks and echinoids from the Los Angeles Basin, California, and their inferred environment. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 190:1-67

Belongs to Periploma according to W. P. Woodring 1938

Sister taxa: Periploma (Aelga), Periploma (Offadesma), Periploma (Periploma), Periploma acuta, Periploma ariei, Periploma binominata, Periploma caribana, Periploma claibornense, Periploma clarki, Periploma collardi, Periploma discus, Periploma eodiscus, Periploma iesakai, Periploma inaequivalve, Periploma japonica, Periploma johnseni, Periploma margaritacea, Periploma margaritaceum, Periploma ovatum, Periploma peralta, Periploma santaecrucis, Periploma stewartvillensis, Periploma venezuelana

Subtaxa: Periploma cryphia stenops

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Type specimen: USNM 496104

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Periploma cryphia in the database

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