Tellina (Phyllodina) pristiphora Dall 1900 (tellin clam)

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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