Panopea (Panopea) andreae Studencka 1991 (clam)

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Full reference: B. Studencka. 1991. A new species of genus Panopea (Bivalvia) from King George Island, Antarctica. Polish polar research 12(3):363-368

Belongs to Panopea (Panopea) according to B. Studencka 1991

Sister taxa: Panopea (Panopea) menardi, Panopea (Panopea) regularis, Panopea (Panopea) vredenburgi, Panopea (Panopea) worthingtoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is South Shetland Islands, W Antartica, Destruction Bay Fm, which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal sandstone in the Destruction Bay Formation of Antarctica

Ecology: stationary deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at South Shetland Islands, W Antartica, Destruction Bay Fm

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