Petricola millestriata Brown and Pilsbry 1913 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1913. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 64:500-519

Belongs to Petricola according to W. P. Woodring 1982

See also Brown and Pilsbry 1913

Sister taxa: Petricola (Claudiconcha), Petricola (Petricola), Petricola (Petricolaria), Petricola (Petricolirus), Petricola (Petricoxenica), Petricola (Pseudoirus), Petricola californiensis, Petricola calvertensis, Petricola claibornensis, Petricola dactylus, Petricola gracilis, Petricola harrisii, Petricola hertzana, Petricola lapicida, Petricola olssoni, Petricola pectorosa, Petricola rugosa, Petricola tellimyalis

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Petricola millestriata in the database

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