Adrana sowerbyana d'Orbigny 1833 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combination: Leda sowerbyana

Belongs to Adrana according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

Sister taxa: Adrana aegra, Adrana agronomica, Adrana aldrichiana, Adrana dalliana, Adrana electa, Adrana ensinoides, Adrana exoptata, Adrana lanceolata, Adrana newcombi, Adrana quitanensis, Adrana stena

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Current/wave winnowed sb facies (Punta Ballena Member) (Quaternary of Ecuador)

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