Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Cyclinella according to M. C. Perrilliat 1992
See also Olsson 1964
Sister taxa: Cyclinella cyclica, Cyclinella elevata, Cyclinella falconensis, Cyclinella galera, Cyclinella harrisi, Cyclinella jadisi, Cyclinella subquadrata, Cyclinella tenuis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rio Betey, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1), Mexico (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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