Leukoma dolicha Woodring 1982 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Nioche (Antinioche) dolicha

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)

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

See also Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Leukoma asperrima, Leukoma beili, Leukoma columbiensis, Leukoma ecuadoriana, Leukoma grata, Leukoma histrionica, Leukoma laciniata, Leukoma metodon, Leukoma pertincta, Leukoma staleyi, Leukoma staminea, Leukoma thaca, Protothaca (Novathaca), Protothaca (Protothaca), Protothaca (Tropithaca) seymourensis

Type specimen: USNM 647629, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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