Polymesoda trigalensis Olsson 1931 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

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 Polymesoda according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Polymesoda (Geloina), Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena), Polymesoda bravoensis, Polymesoda caroliniana, Polymesoda compressa, Polymesoda dumblei, Polymesoda falconensis, Polymesoda gabbiana, Polymesoda subarata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Punta Bravo Grits - Trigal, Boca Pan Valley, which is in an Oligocene marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Mancora Formation of Peru

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Punta Bravo Grits - Trigal, Boca Pan Valley

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