Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
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 Dosinia according to R. Rivera 1957
Sister taxa: Dosinia (Asa), Dosinia (Austrodosinia), Dosinia (Dosinella), Dosinia (Dosinia), Dosinia (Dosinisca), Dosinia (Dosinobia), Dosinia (Dosinorbis), Dosinia (Kakahuia), Dosinia (Kaneharaia), Dosinia (Kereia), Dosinia (Phacosoma), Dosinia (Raina), Dosinia acetabulum, Dosinia africana, Dosinia alta, Dosinia burckhardti, Dosinia caerulea, Dosinia castigata, Dosinia chipolana, Dosinia coloradoensis, Dosinia conradi, Dosinia discus, Dosinia dunkeri, Dosinia excisa, Dosinia exoleta, Dosinia falconensis, Dosinia histrio, Dosinia imparistriata, Dosinia kaspiewi, Dosinia lawsoni, Dosinia longula, Dosinia lupina, Dosinia mastrichtiensis, Dosinia mercenaroidea, Dosinia meridonalis, Dosinia morani, Dosinia nomurai, Dosinia orbicularis, Dosinia pertenuis, Dosinia ponderosa, Dosinia protojuvenilis, Dosinia santana, Dosinia scalaris, Dosinia sculpta, Dosinia semiobliterata, Dosinia tugaruana, Artemis orbignyi, Dosinia (Artemis) tenuis, Artemis lentiformis, Artemis lenticularis, Artemis lincta, Dosinidia palmerae, Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Dosinia (Dosinidia) dalli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bahia Lechuza, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Eocene of Peru (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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