Psamosolen mansfieldi Vokes 1938 (clam)

Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1938. Upper Miocene Mollusca from Springvale, Trinidad, British West Indies. American Museum Novitates 988:1-28

Belongs to Psamosolen according to H. E. Vokes 1938

Sister taxon: Psamosolen gabbiana

Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 24995, a valve (one valve). Its type locality is Springvale (AMNH collection), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Springvale (AMNH collection)

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