Apolymetis Salisbury 1929 (tellin clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Parent taxon: Macominae according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
See also Durham 1944 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bartrumia, Exotica, Macalia, Psammotreta, Temnoconcha
Subtaxa: Apolymetis papyracea
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belize (2 collections), Egypt (1), Namibia (1), South Africa (4), Yemen (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Iran (1)
• Miocene of India (6), Indonesia (1), Israel (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (1)
• Oligocene of Hungary (2)
Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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