†Teredina (clam)
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Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Parent taxon: Pholadidae according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Cyrtopleura, Dactylina, Diplothyra, Jouannetiinae, Lignopholas, Martesia, Martesiinae, Martesinae, Opertochasma, Pholadinae, Xylophaginae, Zirphaea
Subtaxa: Teredina personata
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: South Carolina collections)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2)
• Paleocene of Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (4: New Mexico)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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