Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
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 Donax according to T. A. Conrad 1848
Sister taxa: Donax (Capsella), Donax (Chion), Donax (Cuneus), Donax (Donax), Donax (Grammatodonax), Donax (Hecuba), Donax (Latona), Donax (Machaerodonax), Donax (Paradonax), Donax (Plebidonax), Donax (Serrula), Donax (Tembrockia), Donax acutus, Donax asper, Donax bezanconi, Donax carinatus, Donax cuneatus, Donax deltoides, Donax denticulatus, Donax faba, Donax flexuosus, Donax fossor, Donax foucardi, Donax gonioides, Donax haughtoni, Donax hilairea, Donax idoneus, Donax incerta, Donax latus, Donax obesulus, Donax petersoni, Donax politus, Donax rugosus, Donax scrippsensis, Donax securiformis, Donax serra, Donax striatus, Donax texasianus, Donax triangulata, Donax trigonulus, Donax trueloides, Donax trunculus, Donax veneriformis, Donax vittatus, Donax wiedenmayeri
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 suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (8: Mississippi collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.