†Dosinia acetabulum blackwelderi Ward 1992 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Belongs to Dosinia acetabulum according to L. W. Ward 1992

Sister taxon: Dosinia acetabulum thori

Type specimen: USNM 405276, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (8: Maryland, Virginia collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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