Thyasira peruviana Olsson 1931 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Belongs to Thyasira according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Thyasira (Conchocele), Thyasira alaskana, Thyasira austrosulca, Thyasira becca, Thyasira chilensis, Thyasira cretacea, Thyasira flexuosa, Thyasira montanita, Thyasira nana, Thyasira olssoni, Thyasira rashidi, Thyasira sarsii, Thyasira staufti, Thyasira tanabei, Thyasira tessaria, Thyasira xylodia

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (4: Washington collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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