Caestocorbula wailesiana (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Belongs to Caestocorbula according to M. A. Kosnik 2002

Sister taxa: Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula), Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula), Caestocorbula allisoni, Caestocorbula angustata, Caestocorbula attina, Caestocorbula aura, Caestocorbula cavus, Caestocorbula clarendonensis, Caestocorbula crassiplica, Caestocorbula fossata, Caestocorbula gujaratensis, Caestocorbula henckeliusiana, Caestocorbula kubera, Caestocorbula murchisonii, Caestocorbula subtumida, Caestocorbula twiningi

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (63: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas collections)

Total: 63 collections each including a single occurrence

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