Tellina (Arcopagia) acares Woodring 1982 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)

Belongs to Tellina (Arcopagia) according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Arcopagia (Arcopagia), Arcopagia (Bertinella), Arcopagia (Johnsonella), Arcopagia (Pinguitellina) robusta, Arcopagia corneola, Arcopagia craticula, Arcopagia fausta, Arcopagia gabunensis, Arcopagia medialis, Arcopagia parisiensis, Arcopagia pudica, Arcopagia spinosa, Tellina (Arcopagia) bouryi, Tellina (Arcopagia) denudata, Tellina (Arcopagia) eburneopsis, Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli, Tellina (Arcopagia) tehama

Type specimen: USNM 647578, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Panama (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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