Sanguinolaria tumbezana Olsson 1931 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

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 Sanguinolaria according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Sanguinolaria (Psammotaea), Sanguinolaria (Sanguinolaria), Sanguinolaria alata, Sanguinolaria alouatta, Sanguinolaria caudata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Punta Bravo Grits - N side of Cerro Verde, which is in an Oligocene marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Mancora Formation of Peru

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Peru (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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