Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709
Belongs to Sportella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1947
Sister taxa: Sportella bezanconi, Sportella callosa, Sportella fabula, Sportella gregorioi, Sportella oblonga, Sportella patuxentia, Sportella pelex, Sportella petropolitana, Sportella recussa, Sportella variabilis, Sportella whitfieldi, Sportella yamanii
Type specimen: USNM 352489, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 7151 - Tenmile Creek [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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