Thyasira olssoni Clark and Durham 1946 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae

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 Thyasira according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Thyasira (Conchocele), Thyasira alaskana, Thyasira austrosulca, Thyasira becca, Thyasira chilensis, Thyasira cretacea, Thyasira flexuosa, Thyasira montanita, Thyasira nana, Thyasira peruviana, Thyasira rashidi, Thyasira sarsii, Thyasira staufti, Thyasira tanabei, Thyasira tessaria, Thyasira xylodia

Type specimen: UCMP 34923, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at U.C. Location S. 7753 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946) (Eocene of Colombia)

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