†Pseudophopsis peruviana Olsson 1931 (clam)
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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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