Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Diagnosis. Dorsal margin subhorizontal, forming a nearly straight angle with posterior margin. Umbones more centrally placed than Ameghinomya meridionalis. Anterior cardinal tooth narrow on left valve, straight posterior one. Smooth nymphs. Short and triangular pallial sinus with acute apex.
Full reference: D. Pérez, C. del Río, and S. Nielsen. 2013. Sistemática y filogenia del género Ameghinomya Ihering, 1907 (Bivalvia: Chioninae) del Cenozoico de Argentina y Chile. Ameghiniana 50(3):354-374
Belongs to Ameghinomya according to D. Pérez et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Ameghinomya antiqua, Ameghinomya argentina, Ameghinomya chiloensis, Ameghinomya coquandi, Ameghinomya darwini, Ameghinomya meridionalis, Ameghinomya meridonalis, Ameghinomya volckmanni
Type specimen: CIRGEO-PI 2893, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Seccion 30, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Carmen Silva Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Seccion 30
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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