Pseudophopsis peruviana Olsson 1931 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Alternative combination: Pleurophopsis peruviana

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 Pseudophopsis according to S. Kiel et al. 2020

See also Olsson 1931

Sister taxon: Pseudophopsis bitumen

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Ecuador (1 collection), Peru (1)

• Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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