Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Antigona tarquina, Antigona tarquinia, Cytherea tarquinia, Venus tarquinia
Synonyms: Antigona anguillana Cooke 1919, Antigona caesarina anguillana Cooke 1919
Belongs to Periglypta according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Dall 1903 and Olsson 1922
Sister taxa: Periglypta caesarina, Periglypta caribbeana, Periglypta listeri, Periglypta multicostata, Periglypta puerpera, Periglypta reticulata, Periglypta tamiamensis, Periglypta weegeeree
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Anguilla (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (4), Puerto Rico (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Puerto Rico (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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