Compsomyax stewarti Clark and Durham 1946 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Compsomyax according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Compsomyax subdiaphana, Venerella (Compsomyax) gibbosus

Type specimen: UCMP 34866, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at U.C. Location S. 8052 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946) (Eocene of Colombia)

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