Paradonax petersoni Olsson 1931 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae

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 Paradonax according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Donax (Paradonax) aldrichi, Donax (Paradonax) californicus, Donax (Paradonax) gracilis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paradonax petersoni in the database

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