Antigona lamellacea Kellum 1926 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Antigona (Artena) lamellacea

Full reference: L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56

Belongs to Antigona according to H. G. Richards 1943

See also Kellum 1926

Sister taxa: Antigona (Antigona), Antigona (Periglypta), Antigona (Ventricola), Antigona aglaurae, Antigona carrizoensis, Antigona granosa, Antigona vaquerosensis, Antigona willisi

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 10655 (John Gilette Farm), Silverdale, Trent marl, Onslow Co., NC, which is in a Miocene marine marl/sandstone in the Trent Formation of North Carolina

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)

• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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