Tagelus (Tagelus) orthius Woodring 1982 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae

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 Tagelus (Tagelus) according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Tagelus (Tagelus) adansonii, Tagelus (Tagelus) affinis, Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus

Type specimen: USNM 647608, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tagelus (Tagelus) orthius in the database

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