Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) nocariensis Kellum 1926 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Full reference: L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56

Belongs to Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) according to L.B. Kellum 1926

Sister taxa: Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) wongi, Pseudomiltha (Pseudomiltha), Pseudomiltha (Zorrita), Pseudomiltha gigantea, Pseudomiltha ocalanus

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 10655 (John Gilette Farm), Silverdale, Trent marl, Onslow Co., NC, which is in a Miocene marine marl/sandstone in the Trent Formation of North Carolina

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at USGS 10655 (John Gilette Farm), Silverdale, Trent marl, Onslow Co., NC

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