†Pitaria (Rhabdopitaria) pricei Price and Palmer 1928 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Full reference: W. A. Price and K. V. M. Palmer. 1928. A new fauna from the Cook Mountain Eocene near Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 2(1):20-31
Belongs to Pitaria (Rhabdopitaria) according to W. A. Price and K. V. M. Palmer 1928
Sister taxa: Rhabdopitaria astartoides, Rhabdopitaria discoidalis, Rhabdopitaria subcrassa, Rhabdopitaria texangelina
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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