Sheldonella Maury 1917 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

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

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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

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