Tagelus (Mesopleura) (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae

Alternative spelling: Mesopleura

Parent taxon: Tagelus according to W. P. Woodring 1982

See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Tagelus (Tagelus), Tagelus bolivarensis, Tagelus cebus, Tagelus clarki, Tagelus dombeii, Tagelus peruanus, Tagelus peruvianus, Tagelus plebeius, Tagelus plebius carolinensis, Tagelus politus

Subtaxa: Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus Tagelus (Mesopleura) subteres

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Type: Solen divisus

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (6: California, Florida collections), Venezuela (2)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Panama (4), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (5: Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (2)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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