Tindaria Bellardi 1875 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Tindariidae

Alternative spellings: Malletia (Tindaria), Tyndaria

Parent taxon: Tindariidae according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Kiel 2006, Mikkelsen 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Neilonellinae, Tindariinae

Subtaxa: Tindaria antarctica Tindaria arata Tindaria compressa Tindaria kennerlyi

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Type: Tindaria arata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Jamaica (2 collections)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Paleocene of Japan (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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