Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Alternative combination: Amphidesma aequalis
Belongs to Abra according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also da Silva Forti 1969 and Holmes 1858
Sister taxa: Abra (Abra), Abra (Iacra), Abra (Syndosmya), Abra alba, Abra angulata, Abra antwerpiensis, Abra deshayesi, Abra fabalis, Abra marylandica, Abra nitens, Abra obovalis, Abra recluzii, Abra suessoniensis, Abra uruguayensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (2 collections), Panama (1), United States (48: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (11), United States (9: Florida, North Carolina)
Total: 71 collections including 72 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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