Pitar (Hyphantosoma) centangulatus Brown and Pilsbry 1911 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combinations: Pitar centangulata, Pitaria (Hyphantosoma) centangulata

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1911. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciencesof Philadelphia 63(2):336-373

Belongs to Pitar (Hyphantosoma) according to W. P. Woodring 1982

See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911

Sister taxa: Pitar (Hyphantosoma) carbaseus, Pitar (Hyphantosoma) simonnei

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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