†Amphidesma mississippiensis Conrad 1848 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Amphidesma according to T. A. Conrad 1848
Sister taxa: Amphidesma brevirostrum, Amphidesma profunda, Semele (Amphidesma) venusta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Vicksburg
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