Terraia angusta Reed 1935 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1935. Some Triassic lamellibranchs from Brazil and Paraguay. Geological Magazine 72:33-42

Belongs to Terraia according to F. R. C. Reed 1935

Sister taxa: Terraia aequilateralis, Terraia altissima, Terraia bipleura, Terraia curvata, Terraia decarinata, Terraia falconeri, Terraia martialis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rio Claro, Canoinhas, which is in a Wordian lacustrine - large limestone in the Teresina Formation of Brazil

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rio Claro, Canoinhas

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