Thyasira (Parathyasira) notosulca Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae

Full reference: J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Belongs to Thyasira (Parathyasira) according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992

Sister taxon: Parathyasira flemingi

Type specimen: USNM 441611, a shell. Its type locality is La Meseta Fm Telm 5, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian coastal sandstone/sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder-chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at La Meseta Fm Telm 5

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