†Ectogrammysia prolata Hoare 1993 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare. 1993. Mississippian (Chesterian) bivalves from the Pennsylvanian stratotype area in West Virginia and Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 67(3):374-396
Belongs to Ectogrammysia according to R. D. Hoare 1993
Sister taxa: Ectogrammysia crassatis, Ectogrammysia hannibalensis, Ectogrammysia inaffecta
Type specimen: USNM 459186, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Mexico (10 collections), United States (3: West Virginia)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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