Cumingia lamellosa Sowerby 1833 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Synonyms: Cumingia adamsi Carpenter 1864, Cumingia coarctata Sowerby 1833, Cumingia moulinsii Folin 1867, Cumingia trigonularis Sowerby 1833

Belongs to Cumingia according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Massemin et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Cumingia californica, Cumingia keittensis, Cumingia medialis, Cumingia tellinoides

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (1 collection), Panama (2), United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Venezuela (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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