Glossus filosus Conrad 1854 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi 289

Belongs to Glossus according to T. A. Conrad 1856

See also Conrad 1854

Sister taxa: Glossus (Aralocardia), Glossus (Cytherocardia), Glossus (Glossus), Glossus (Meiocardia), Glossus (Miocardiella), Glossus (Miocardiopsis), Glossus (Sulcocardia), Glossus aquilinus, Glossus fraterna, Glossus markoei, Glossus marylandica, Glossus mazlea, Glossus moreauensis, Glossus santamaria, Glossus slatana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jackson

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