Tellina (Macaliopsis) aequizonata Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79

Belongs to Tellina (Macaliopsis) according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941

Sister taxon: Tellina (Macaliopsis) scalaroides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zone B (lower) - Jama Formation, which is in a Pliocene offshore sandstone in the Jama Formation of Ecuador

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Zone B (lower) - Jama Formation

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