Sphenotus tentoriolus Chronic 1949 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae

Full reference: B.J. Chronic. 1949. Invertebrate paleontology (excepting fuslinids and corals). Upper Paleozoic of Peru 46-173

Belongs to Sphenotus according to J. Chronic 1953

See also Chronic 1949

Sister taxa: Sphenotus aeolus, Sphenotus altidorsatus, Sphenotus branneri, Sphenotus cataractes, Sphenotus cherokeense, Sphenotus dubius, Sphenotus gibsonense, Sphenotus hicksii, Sphenotus meslerianus, Sphenotus monroensis, Sphenotus oklahomense, Sphenotus pisinnus, Sphenotus quadriplicatum, Sphenotus solenoides, Sphenotus tiogensis, Sphenotus washingtonensis

Type specimen: AMNH 27019/1:1, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is AMNH298, Bed 39a, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at AMNH298, Bed 39a, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8

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