Basterotia (Basterotia) ambona Vokes 1981 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1981. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XXIII. On the occurrence of the genus Basterotia. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 16(3-4):157-164

Belongs to Basterotia (Basterotia) according to H. E. Vokes 1981

Sister taxa: Basterotia (Basterotia) corbuloides, Basterotia (Basterotia) pustula, Basterotia (Basterotia) quadrata

Type specimen: USNM 298649, a shell. Its type locality is TU 555 - Fourmile Creek [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (7: Florida collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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