Adrana exoptata Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combination: Leda (Adrana) exoptata

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

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at FLMNH Loc. 4143 - Panama Canal [Pacific Muck] (Quaternary of Panama)

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