Sheldonella Maury 1917 (clam)
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Parent taxon: Noetiinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Arginella, Arginopsis, Didimacar, Halonanus, Hoernesarca, Matsumotoa, Noetiini, Noetiopsis, Protonoetia, Striarcini, Trinacriini
Subtaxa: Sheldonella maoica
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mayotte (4 collections)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Panama (3)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), France (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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