Psammotella Herrmannsen 1852 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Parent taxon: Psammobiidae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

Sister taxa: Capsinae, Gari, Garinae, Heterodonax, Nuttallia, Psammobiinae, Sanguinolariinae, Sinopsammobia

Subtaxa: Psammotella bertini Psammotella cruenta

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Type: Tellina cruentae

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Current/wave winnowed sb facies (Punta Ballena Member) (Quaternary of Ecuador)

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