†Pleurophopsis lithophagoides Olsson 1931 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae
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 Pleurophopsis according to A. A. Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Pleurophopsis chinookensis, Pleurophopsis peruviana, Pleurophopsis thieli, Pleurophopsis unioides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Cuba (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Peru (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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