Transennella bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

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

Sister taxa: Transennella africana, Transennella caboblanquensis, Transennella californica, Transennella cola, Transennella conradina, Transennella cubaniana, Transennella galapagana, Transennella joaquinensis, Transennella puella, Transennella stimpsoni

Type specimen: UCMP 34927, a shell. Its type locality is UC S60, which is in the Eocene of sandstone/conglomerate Colombia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Colombia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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