Pholas triquetra Conrad 1848 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae

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 Pholas according to T. A. Conrad 1848

Sister taxa: Pholas (Monothyra), Pholas (Pholas), Pholas (Thovana), Pholas arcuata, Pholas baudoni, Pholas dactylus, Pholas intermedia, Pholas mackiana, Pholas pectorosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Vicksburg

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