Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Full reference: L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283
Belongs to Thracia according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Thracia (Cetothrax), Thracia (Crassithracia), Thracia (Cyathodonta), Thracia (Homoeodesma), Thracia (Ixartia), Thracia (Odoncineta), Thracia (Thracia), Thracia alciope, Thracia applanata, Thracia curtansata, Thracia declivis, Thracia depressa, Thracia dilleri, Thracia formosa, Thracia gibsonensis, Thracia grignonensis, Thracia incerta, Thracia jacalitosana, Thracia karquinesensis, Thracia keaseyensis, Thracia kissoumi, Thracia ludovica, Thracia mactroides, Thracia mactropsis, Thracia oblata, Thracia papyracea, Thracia parvula, Thracia prisca, Thracia proavita, Thracia schencki, Thracia sorrentoensis, Thracia stelcki, Thracia suciensis, Thracia ventricosa, Thracia viceliacensis, Thracia weedi, Eximiothracia perscabrosa
Type specimen: USNM 204011
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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