†Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) quiba Olsson 1942 (pointed nut clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1942. Tertiary and Quaternary fossils from Burica Peninsula of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 27(106):1-106
Belongs to Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) according to A. A. Olsson 1942
Sister taxa: Orthoyoldia claibornensis, Orthoyoldia crosbyana, Orthoyoldia psammotaea, Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) haboroensis
Type specimen: PRI 4079, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Charco Azul [Charco Azul Fm] (Pliocene of Costa Rica)
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