Panopea dockensis Olsson and Petit 1964 (clam)

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson and R. E. Petit. 1964. Some Neogene Mollusca from Florida and the Carolinas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 47(217):509-575

Belongs to Panopea according to A. A. Olsson and R. E. Petit 1964

Sister taxa: Panopaea concentrica, Panopaea depressa, Panopaea elongata, Panopaea mackrothi, Panopaea montignyana, Panopaea orientalis, Panopaea remondii, Panopaea sahariensis, Panopaea toulai, Panopaea vaudini, Panope agnewi, Panope borealis, Panope californica, Panope elongatissima, Panope fuegensis, Panope gurgitis, Panope mclearni, Panope murrayensis, Panope shastacola, Panope subaequilateralis, Panope taylorensis, Panope tenuis, Panope torreyensis, Panope webbi, Panopea (Degrangia), Panopea (Myopsis), Panopea (Panopea), Panopea abbreviata, Panopea abrupta, Panopea akerlundi, Panopea aldrovandi, Panopea americana, Panopea anabarica, Panopea australis, Panopea bagualesia, Panopea bitruncata, Panopea brasiliensis, Panopea chiloensis, Panopea clausa, Panopea eightsi, Panopea gastaldii, Panopea generosa, Panopea globosa, Panopea glycymeris, Panopea goldfussii, Panopea ibari, Panopea inaequivalvis, Panopea intermedia, Panopea kazakovae, Panopea kissoumi, Panopea nucleus, Panopea oblongata, Panopea parawhitfieldi, Panopea porrectoides, Panopea ramonensis, Panopea rathbuni, Panopea smithii, Panopea snohomishensis, Panopea thomasi, Panopea undatoides, Panopea whitfieldi, Panopea worthingtoni, Panopea zinsmeisteri

Type specimen: USNM 644638, a shell

Ecology: stationary deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Panopea dockensis in the database

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