Basterotia (Basterotella) bowdeniana Dall 1900 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae

Alternative combinations: Anisodonta (Basterotia) bowdeniana, Basterotia bowdeniana

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

See also Woodring 1925

Sister taxa: Basterotia (Basterotella) corbuloidea, Basterotia (Basterotella) elliptica, Basterotia (Basterotella) floridana, Basterotia (Basterotella) miocenica

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bowden Formation (Woodring 1925, 1928 Checklist) (Pliocene of Jamaica)

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