Tindaria Bellardi 1875 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Tindariidae
Alternative spellings: Malletia (Tindaria), Tyndaria
Parent taxon: Tindariidae according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Kiel 2006, Mikkelsen 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Neilonellinae, Tindariinae
Subtaxa: Tindaria antarctica Tindaria arata Tindaria compressa Tindaria kennerlyi
Type: Tindaria arata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (2 collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Paleocene of Japan (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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