Gari lintea Conrad 1848 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Alternative combination: Psammobia lintea

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 Gari according to Conrad 1865

See also Conrad 1848, Hendy et al. 2008, Huber et al. 2015 and Richards 1962

Sister taxa: Gari (Amphipsammus), Gari (Gari), Gari (Garum), Gari (Gobraeus), Gari (Grammatomya), Gari (Kermadysmea), Gari (Psammobella), Gari (Psammobia), Gari (Psammocola), Gari (Psammodonax), Gari (Psammoica), Gari (Psammotaena), Gari aequalis, Gari brouwersae, Gari elliptica, Gari maculosa, Gari martini, Gari olequahensis, Gari squamosa, Gari weinkauffi

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Vicksburg

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