Pitaria baldryi Olsson 1930 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164

Belongs to Pitaria according to A. A. Olsson 1930

Sister taxa: Pitaria (Pitaria), Pitaria altoumbonata, Pitaria ashiyaensis, Pitaria behri, Pitaria buenavistana, Pitaria calcanea, Pitaria californiana, Pitaria concinna, Pitaria conradi, Pitaria intica, Pitaria kyushuensis, Pitaria lorenzana, Pitaria matsumotoi, Pitaria obscurate, Pitaria palmeri, Pitaria praenominata, Pitaria silicifluvia, Pitaria sorrentoensis, Pitaria takashimaensis, Pitaria verticala, Pitaria yasila, Pitaria yokoyamai

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pitaria baldryi in the database

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