Leptosolen albertensis Russell and Landes 1937 (clam)

Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae

Full reference: L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221

Belongs to Leptosolen according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937

Sister taxon: Leptosolen biplicata

Type specimen: GSC 9362, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Manyberries [Bearpaw Fm] (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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