Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich. 1999. Invertibrados fósiles marinos de la Formación Guadal (Oligoceno superio-Mioceno inferior) en Pampa, Castillo region, región de Aisén, Chile. Servico Nacional de Geologia y Mineria Chile Boletin 51:1-96
Belongs to Eurhomalea according to D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich 1999
Sister taxa: Eurhomalea antarctica, Eurhomalea difficilis, Eurhomalea florentinoi, Eurhomalea fuenzalidai, Eurhomalea inflata, Eurhomalea lenticularis, Eurhomalea newtoni, Eurhomalea rufa
Type specimen: SGO.PI.4292, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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