Macrosolen (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Parent taxon: Psammobiinae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphichaena, Asaphinella, Asaphis, Ascitellina, Heteroglypta, Liodonax

Subtaxa: Macrosolen cyclopeus

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (1 collection), Pakistan (1), the Philippines (1)

• Oligocene of Bulgaria (4), Pakistan (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (2), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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