Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Full reference: F. Hodson and H. K. Hodson. 1931. Some Venezuelan Mollusks. Bulletins of American Paleontology 16(59):1-46
Belongs to Donax according to F. Hodson and H. K. Hodson 1931
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 funerata, 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rio Codore, 5.4 km N of Urumaco [Urumaco Fm], which is in a Miocene marine siltstone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Venezuela (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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