Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Pitar cora, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) cora
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 Lamelliconcha according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Sister taxa: Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum, Lamelliconcha acutecostata, Lamelliconcha aequicincta, Lamelliconcha anona, Lamelliconcha ayabaca, Lamelliconcha boucaryensis, Lamelliconcha casta, Lamelliconcha charanica, Lamelliconcha circinata, Lamelliconcha clarki, Lamelliconcha concinna, Lamelliconcha guppyana, Lamelliconcha hillii, Lamelliconcha kawadai, Lamelliconcha labreana, Lamelliconcha mellisa, Lamelliconcha musanica, Lamelliconcha negritensis, Lamelliconcha parinensis, Lamelliconcha paytensis, Lamelliconcha samanensis, Lamelliconcha saponaria, Lamelliconcha tortuosus, Lamelliconcha unicolor, Lamelliconcha vinaceus, Lamelliconcha wolfi, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) baldryi, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) eocenica
Type specimen: ANSP (no number), a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Ecuador (3 collections), Panama (24), Peru (1)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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