Donax (Latona) prosopsis Olsson 1928 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)

Belongs to Donax (Latona) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Olsson 1928

Sister taxa: Donax (Latona) capparis, Donax (Latona) cuneatus, Donax (Latona) faba, Donax (Latona) parisiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jabonillal [Restin Fm], which is in a Bartonian coastal shale in the Restin Formation of Peru

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jabonillal [Restin Fm]

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