Arginella icaensis Rivera 1957 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: R. Rivera. 1957. Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica. Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32:165-219

Belongs to Arginella according to R. Rivera 1957

Sister taxa: Arginella ovalis, Arginella puntabravoensis, Arginella samanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bahia Arquillo, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Peru (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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