Tellina (Phyllodina) pristiphora Dall 1900 (tellin clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Belongs to Tellina (Phyllodina) according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Moore 2003
Sister taxa: Phyllodina lepidota, Tellina (Phyllodina) cumingii, Tellina (Phyllodina) dodona, Tellina (Phyllodina) englishi, Tellina (Phyllodina) lebecki, Tellina (Phyllodina) leptalea, Tellina (Phyllodina) squamifera
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Cabo Blanco [Montezuma Fm] (Quaternary of Costa Rica)
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