Polymesoda falconensis Hodson 1931 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Alternative combination: Cyrena falconensis

Belongs to Polymesoda according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Barrios 1960

Sister taxa: Polymesoda (Geloina), Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena), Polymesoda bravoensis, Polymesoda caroliniana, Polymesoda compressa, Polymesoda dumblei, Polymesoda gabbiana, Polymesoda subarata, Polymesoda trigalensis

Type specimen: PRI (no number), a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at HB-727 [Tubará Fm] (Miocene of Colombia)

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