Bornia tallahalaensis Dockery 1982 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliidae

Full reference: D. T. Dockery. 1982. Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123:1-261

Belongs to Bornia according to D. T. Dockery 1982

Sister taxa: Bornia (Bornia), Bornia (Temblornia), Bornia confusa, Bornia cooki, Bornia depressa, Bornia isosceles, Bornia mactroides, Bornia marylandica, Bornia perdita, Bornia plectopygia, Bornia scintillata, Bornia triangula, Bornia virginiana

Type specimen: USNM 340451, a shell

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (3: Mississippi collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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