Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) hillii musanica
Belongs to Lamelliconcha according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum, Lamelliconcha acutecostata, Lamelliconcha aequicincta, Lamelliconcha anona, Lamelliconcha ayabaca, Lamelliconcha boucaryensis, Lamelliconcha casta, Lamelliconcha charanica, Lamelliconcha circinata, Lamelliconcha clarki, Lamelliconcha concinna, Lamelliconcha cora, Lamelliconcha guppyana, Lamelliconcha hillii, Lamelliconcha labreana, Lamelliconcha mellisa, Lamelliconcha negritensis, Lamelliconcha parinensis, Lamelliconcha paytensis, Lamelliconcha samanensis, Lamelliconcha saponaria, Lamelliconcha tortuosus, Lamelliconcha unicolor, Lamelliconcha vinaceus, Lamelliconcha wolfi, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) baldryi, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) eocenica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hill No. 2, Banana River [Rio Banano Fm] (Pliocene of Costa Rica)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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