Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Tivela mactroides, Venus mactroides
Full reference: I. Born. 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis - Pars I ma Testacea - Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k k Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien - Erster Theil - Schalthiere - Vindobonae 1-458
Belongs to Tivela (Tivela) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Anderson 1929 and Born 1778
Sister taxa: Tivela (Tivela) austeniana, Tivela (Tivela) tripla
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Panama (11)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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