Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)
Belongs to Donax according to A. A. Olsson 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 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 Punta Bravo Grits at Cerro Verde - Upper Quebrada Canoas, which is in an Oligocene marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Mancora Formation of Peru
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Punta Bravo Grits at Cerro Verde - Upper Quebrada Canoas
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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