Phacoides silicatus Mansfield 1937 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Belongs to Phacoides according to Mansfield 1937

Sister taxa: Phacoides (Bellucina), Phacoides (Phacoides), Phacoides andersoni, Phacoides californicus, Phacoides cerma, Phacoides eaglesomei, Phacoides eudaidalus, Phacoides hillsboroensis, Phacoides nocariensis, Phacoides ocalanus, Phacoides pacifica, Phacoides pectinatus, Phacoides perovatus, Phacoides pullensis, Phacoides subrhomboidalis, Phacoides subsquamosa, Phacoides thalassogonus, Phacoides wacissanus, Phacoides woodi

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (5: Florida collections)

• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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