Intihuarella simplicidentata Sanchez and Vaccari 2003 (clam)

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Intihuarellidae

Full reference: T. M. Sanchez and N. E. Vaccari. 2003. Ucumariidae new family (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata), and other bivalves from the Early Ordovician (Tremadoc) of northwestern Argentina. Ameghiniana 40:415-424

Belongs to Intihuarella according to T. M. Sanchez and N. E. Vaccari 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Abra de Santa Laura F-1, Sierra de Mojotoro, Floresta Formation, Jujuy, which is in a Tremadoc coastal siltstone in the Floresta Formation of Argentina

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Abra de Santa Laura F-1, Sierra de Mojotoro, Floresta Formation, Jujuy

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