Pteropsis Conrad 1860 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Parent taxon: Mactridae according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1965

Sister taxa: Darcinia, Darininae, Hemimactra, Leptomactra, Longimactra, Lutrariinae, Mactrinae, Mactropsis, Mactrotoma, Mulinia, Mulinoides, Pteroluter, Rangia, Scissodesma, Simomactra, Spisula, Tanysiphoninae, Willimactra, Zenatiinae, Gnathodon

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LSC-G (Eocene of Alabama)

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