Pholadomya (Pholadomya) virgulosa Sowerby 1844 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Alternative combination: Pholadomya virgulosa

Belongs to Pholadomya (Pholadomya) according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Division C, Bursledon Brickworks (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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