Strigilla mirabilis Philippi 1841 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Tellina mirabilis

Invalid subtaxa: Strigilla flexuosa Say 1822 [replaced name], Tellina flexuosa Say 1822 [replaced name]

Belongs to Strigilla according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Holmes 1858

Sister taxa: Strigilla (Aeretica), Strigilla (Pisostrigilla), Strigilla (Strigilla), Strigilla australis, Strigilla euronia, Strigilla georgiana, Strigilla musanica, Strigilla paraflexuosa, Strigilla pisiformis, Strigilla sphaerion

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (2 collections), Cayman Islands (1), United States (8: Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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