Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Belongs to Donax according to B. Kensley 1972
See also Davies 1973
Sister taxa: Donax (Capsella), Donax (Chion), Donax (Cuneus), Donax (Donax), Donax (Grammatodonax), Donax (Hecuba), Donax (Latona), Donax (Machaerodonax), Donax (Paradonax), Donax (Plebidonax), Donax (Serrula), Donax (Tembrockia), Donax acutus, Donax asper, Donax bezanconi, Donax carinatus, Donax cuneatus, Donax deltoides, Donax denticulatus, Donax faba, Donax flexuosus, Donax fossor, Donax foucardi, Donax funerata, Donax gonioides, Donax haughtoni, Donax hilairea, Donax idoneus, Donax incerta, Donax latus, Donax obesulus, Donax petersoni, Donax politus, Donax rugosus, Donax scrippsensis, Donax securiformis, Donax striatus, Donax texasianus, Donax triangulata, Donax trigonulus, Donax trueloides, Donax trunculus, Donax veneriformis, Donax vittatus, Donax wiedenmayeri
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Namibia (7 collections), South Africa (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Miocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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