Ucumaris Sanchez and Vaccari 2003 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Ucumariidae

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

Parent taxon: Ucumariidae according to T. M. Sanchez and N. E. Vaccari 2003

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Ucumaropsis

Subtaxa: Ucumaris conradoi

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Type: Ucumaris conradoi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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