Calorhadia (Calorhadia) pharcida Dall 1898 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combinations: Calorhadia pharcida, Leda pharcida, Nuculana pharcida

Belongs to Calorhadia (Calorhadia) according to Stenzel 1958

See also Harris and Palmer 1946 and Stewart 1930

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 145633, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (25: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina collections)

• Paleocene of United States (16: Alabama)

Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence

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