Manzanella elliptica Girty 1909 (clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Manzanellidae

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. Paleontology of the Manzano group. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 389:40-141

Belongs to Manzanella according to G. H. Girty 1909

Sister taxon: Manzanella cryptodentata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Section near Mesa del Yeso, 12 miles northeast of Socorro (Permian of New Mexico)

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