Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative combinations: Arca rhomboidella, Barbatia (Scapharca) rhomboidella

Belongs to Barbatia (Plagiarca) according to Reinhart 1935

See also Harris 1919 and Kosnik 2002

Sister taxa: Barbatia (Plagiarca) pseudonavicula, Plagiarca rhomboidella

Type specimen: ANSP 5306, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (74: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia collections)

Total: 74 collections each including a single occurrence

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