Darcinia Clark and Durham 1946 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Parent taxon: Mactridae according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Darininae, Hemimactra, Leptomactra, Longimactra, Lutrariinae, Mactrinae, Mactropsis, Mactrotoma, Mulinia, Mulinoides, Pteroluter, Pteropsis, Rangia, Scissodesma, Simomactra, Spisula, Tanysiphoninae, Willimactra, Zenatiinae, Gnathodon

Subtaxa: Darcinia columbiana

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Type: Darcinia columbiana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at U.C. Location S. 8054 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946) (Eocene of Colombia)

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