Dimya phaidra Woodring 1982 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)

Belongs to Dimya according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Dimya acuminata, Dimya adaia, Dimya argentea, Dimya californiana, Dimya rufaripa, Dimya sigillata, Dimya westonensis

Type specimen: USNM 647205, a shell. Its type locality is Woodring Loc. 185 - western area [upper Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Woodring Loc. 185 - western area [upper Gatun Fm]

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