Scapharca (Scapharca) cordicosta Dockery 1982 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: D. T. Dockery. 1982. Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123:1-261

Belongs to Scapharca (Scapharca) according to D. T. Dockery 1982

Sister taxa: Scapharca (Scapharca) delicatula, Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, Scapharca (Scapharca) gendinganensis, Scapharca (Scapharca) geyleri, Scapharca (Scapharca) hulshofi, Scapharca (Scapharca) invidiosa, Scapharca (Scapharca) multiformis, Scapharca (Scapharca) obispoana

Type specimen: USNM 340425, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scapharca (Scapharca) cordicosta in the database

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