Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula Sowerby 1826 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Alternative combination: Pholadomya fidicula

Invalid subtaxa: Lutraria lirata Sowerby 1819 [replaced name], Pholadomya abbreviata Hupe 1854, Pholadomya acostae Bayle and Coquand 1851, Pholadomya attenuata Hupe 1854

Belongs to Pholadomya (Pholadomya) according to M. Aberhan 2004

See also Scholz et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Pholadomya (Pholadomya) ambigua, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) idea, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) multilineata, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) virgulosa, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) voltzi, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) voltzii

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Chile (61 collections), Germany (1), Greenland (4), Iran (2), Mexico (3), Portugal (1), Spain (12), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 86 collections each including a single occurrence

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