Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Full reference: H. H. Camacho. 1957. Descripción de una fauna marina paleocena procedente de Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). Ameghiniana 1(1-2):86-100
Belongs to Panope according to H. H. Camacho 1957
Sister taxa: Panopaea concentrica, Panopaea depressa, Panopaea elongata, Panopaea hauthali, Panopaea inferior, Panopaea mackrothi, Panopaea montignyana, Panopaea orientalis, Panopaea remondii, Panopaea sahariensis, Panopaea toulai, Panopaea vaudini, Panope (Panope), Panope agnewi, Panope borealis, Panope californica, Panope elongatissima, Panope gurgitis, Panope mclearni, Panope murrayensis, Panope shastacola, Panope subaequilateralis, Panope taylorensis, Panope tenuis, Panope torreyensis, Panope webbi, Panopea (Degrangia), Panopea (Myopsis), Panopea (Panopea), Panopea abbreviata, Panopea abrupta, Panopea akerlundi, Panopea aldrovandi, Panopea americana, Panopea anabarica, Panopea australis, Panopea bagualesia, Panopea bitruncata, Panopea brasiliensis, Panopea chiloensis, Panopea clausa, Panopea dockensis, Panopea eightsi, Panopea gastaldii, Panopea generosa, Panopea globosa, Panopea glycymeris, Panopea goldfussii, Panopea ibari, Panopea inaequivalvis, Panopea intermedia, Panopea kazakovae, Panopea kissoumi, Panopea nucleus, Panopea oblongata, Panopea parawhitfieldi, Panopea porrectoides, Panopea ramonensis, Panopea rathbuni, Panopea smithii, Panopea snohomishensis, Panopea thomasi, Panopea undatoides, Panopea whitfieldi, Panopea worthingtoni, Panopea zinsmeisteri
Type specimen: Its type locality is 4 Km. north of Estancia Arroyito, which is in a Paleocene marine sandstone in the Cerro Khasem Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: stationary deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 4 Km. north of Estancia Arroyito
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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