Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Alternative combination: Panope parawhitfieldi
Belongs to Panopea according to M. C. Perrilliat 1994
See also Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Panopaea concentrica, Panopaea depressa, Panopaea elongata, Panopaea mackrothi, Panopaea montignyana, Panopaea orientalis, Panopaea remondii, Panopaea sahariensis, Panopaea toulai, Panopaea vaudini, Panope (Panope), Panope agnewi, Panope borealis, Panope californica, Panope elongatissima, Panope fuegensis, Panope gurgitis, Panope mclearni, Panope murrayensis, Panope shastacola, Panope subaequilateralis, Panope taylorensis, Panope tenuis, Panope torreyensis, Panope webbi, Panopea (Degrangia), Panopea (Myopsis), Panopea (Panopea), Panopea abbreviata, Panopea abrupta, Panopea akerlundi, Panopea aldrovandi, Panopea americana, Panopea anabarica, Panopea australis, Panopea bagualesia, Panopea bitruncata, Panopea brasiliensis, Panopea chiloensis, Panopea clausa, Panopea dockensis, Panopea eightsi, Panopea gastaldii, Panopea generosa, Panopea globosa, Panopea glycymeris, Panopea goldfussii, Panopea ibari, Panopea inaequivalvis, Panopea intermedia, Panopea kazakovae, Panopea kissoumi, Panopea nucleus, Panopea oblongata, Panopea porrectoides, Panopea ramonensis, Panopea rathbuni, Panopea smithii, Panopea snohomishensis, Panopea thomasi, Panopea undatoides, Panopea whitfieldi, Panopea worthingtoni, Panopea zinsmeisteri
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS Loc2646 - Oak Grove [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.
Ecology: stationary deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections), Panama (3), United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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