†Strigilla (Strigilla) protera Woodring 1982 (tellin clam)
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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 Strigilla (Strigilla) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Strigilla (Strigilla) carnaria, Strigilla (Strigilla) dichotoma, Strigilla (Strigilla) pseudocarnaria
Type specimen: USNM 647583, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Panama (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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