Adrana aegra Olsson 1964 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador

Belongs to Adrana according to A. A. Olsson 1964

Sister taxa: Adrana agronomica, Adrana aldrichiana, Adrana dalliana, Adrana electa, Adrana ensinoides, Adrana exoptata, Adrana lanceolata, Adrana newcombi, Adrana quitanensis, Adrana sowerbyana, Adrana stena

Type specimen: USNM 643790, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Cueva de Angostura [Angostura Fm] (Miocene of Ecuador)

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