Noetia vientoensis Clark and Durham 1946 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Noetia according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Arca (Noetia) koerti, Arca (Noetia) pondaungensis, Arca (Noetia) reuningi, Noetia (Eontia), Noetia (Eontia) centrota, Noetia (Noetia), Noetia (Sheldonella), Noetia bisulcata, Noetia dauleana, Noetia incile, Noetia lindae, Noetia macdonaldi, Noetia magnifica, Noetia mayensis, Noetia reversa, Noetia sheldoniana

Type specimen: CAS 34904, a shell. Its type locality is U.C. Loc S 7333, which is in the Eocene of conglomerate Colombia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at U.C. Loc S 7333

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