Psammotreta hadra 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 Psammotreta according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Psammotreta (Ardeamya), Psammotreta (Leporimetis), Psammotreta (Psammotreta), Psammotreta (Pseudometis), Psammotreta (Tellinimactra), Psammotreta aurora, Psammotreta grandis, Psammotreta tenuicula

Type specimen: USNM 647594, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (5 collections), Panama (3)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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