Lamelliconcha aequicincta Spieker 1922 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) cora aequicincta

Synonyms: Lamelliconcha thomsoni Marks 1951, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) thomsoni Marks 1951

Belongs to Lamelliconcha according to W. P. Woodring 1982

See also Olsson 1964

Sister taxa: Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum, Lamelliconcha acutecostata, Lamelliconcha anona, Lamelliconcha ayabaca, Lamelliconcha boucaryensis, Lamelliconcha casta, Lamelliconcha charanica, Lamelliconcha circinata, Lamelliconcha clarki, Lamelliconcha concinna, Lamelliconcha cora, Lamelliconcha guppyana, Lamelliconcha hillii, Lamelliconcha kawadai, Lamelliconcha labreana, Lamelliconcha mellisa, Lamelliconcha musanica, 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:

• Miocene of Panama (4 collections), Peru (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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