Iliochione callistoides Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Anomalocardia callistoides

Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79

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

See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941

Sister taxon: Iliochione subrugosa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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