Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) saponaria
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)
Belongs to Lamelliconcha according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Olsson 1928
Sister taxa: Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum, Lamelliconcha acutecostata, Lamelliconcha aequicincta, Lamelliconcha anona, Lamelliconcha ayabaca, Lamelliconcha boucaryensis, Lamelliconcha casta, Lamelliconcha charanica, Lamelliconcha circinata, Lamelliconcha clarki, Lamelliconcha concinna, Lamelliconcha cora, Lamelliconcha guppyana, Lamelliconcha hillii, Lamelliconcha labreana, Lamelliconcha mellisa, Lamelliconcha musanica, Lamelliconcha negritensis, Lamelliconcha parinensis, Lamelliconcha paytensis, Lamelliconcha samanensis, Lamelliconcha tortuosus, Lamelliconcha unicolor, Lamelliconcha vinaceus, Lamelliconcha wolfi, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) baldryi, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) eocenica
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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