Pleiorytis orthra Woodring 1982 (venus clam)

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 Pleiorytis according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Pleiorytis caroniana, Pleiorytis ovata, Pleiorytis striata

Type specimen: USNM 647746, a shell

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS 18837, Barro Colorado Island (Oligocene of Panama)

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