Cyclinella galera Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

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 Cyclinella according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Cyclinella beteyensis, Cyclinella cyclica, Cyclinella elevata, Cyclinella falconensis, Cyclinella harrisi, Cyclinella jadisi, Cyclinella subquadrata, Cyclinella tenuis

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 infaunal suspension feeder

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

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