Raeta plicatella Lamarck 1818 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae

Alternative combinations: Labiosa plicatella, Lutraria plicatella, Raeta plicata

Synonyms: Lutraria canaliculata Say 1822, Raeta canaliculata Say 1822

Belongs to Raeta according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Holmes 1860, Olsson and Harbison 1953 and Richards 1962

Sister taxa: Raeta (Raeta), Raeta (Raetella), Raeta (Raetina), Raeta gabbi, Raeta gardnerae, Raeta gibbosa, Raeta hasletti, Raeta transmontana, Raeta undulata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (24: Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)

• Pliocene of United States (4: North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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