Litorhadia buenoi Etayo-Serna 1979 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Full reference: F. Etayo-Serna. 1979. La fauna de moluscos del Paleoceno de Colombia. Moluscos de una capa del Paleoceno de Manatial (Guajira). Boletín de Geología 13(27):5-55

Belongs to Litorhadia according to F. Etayo-Serna 1979

Sister taxa: Calorhadia (Litorhadia) acala, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) bastropensis, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) compsa, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) evanescentior, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) lisbonensis, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) mater, Calorhadia (Litorhadia) santaanai, Litorhadia astoriana

Type specimen: UCMP 14722, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP C-14091, Manantial, which is in a Selandian paralic sandstone in the Manantial Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCMP C-14091, Manantial

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