†Parastarte psila Woodring 1982 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
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 Parastarte according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Parastarte antillensis, Parastarte triquetra
Type specimen: USNM 647743, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Woodring Loc. 138c - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm] (Miocene of Panama)
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