Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Dosinia delicatissima
Synonyms: Dosinia (Dosinidia) brasiliensis White 1887, Dosinia brasiliensis White 1887
Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1913. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 64:500-519
Belongs to Dosinia (Dosinia) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Anderson 1929
Sister taxa: Dosinia (Dosinia) boettgeri, Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica, Dosinia (Dosinia) liogona, Dosinia (Dosinia) multilamellata, Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata, Dosinia (Dosinia) semilaevis, Dosinia (Dosinia) sicarisinus, Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi
Type specimens:
- Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima: ANSP (no number), a shell
- Dosinia (Dosinidia) brasiliensis:
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (2 collections), Colombia (12), Ecuador (4), Panama (27), Peru (4), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Panama (1)
• Eocene of Brazil (1)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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