Pholadomya nitanae McLearn 1929 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1929. Mesozoic Palaeontology of Blairmore Region: Cretaceous invertebrates. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 58:73-79

Belongs to Pholadomya according to F. H. McLearn 1929

Sister taxa: Pholadomya (Bucardiomya), Pholadomya (Pholadomya), Pholadomya (Triplicosta), Pholadomya acuminata, Pholadomya adversa, Pholadomya albertensis, Pholadomya altumbonata, Pholadomya aubryi, Pholadomya borealis, Pholadomya candida, Pholadomya cardissoides, Pholadomya carinata, Pholadomya claibornensis, Pholadomya clementina, Pholadomya collombi, Pholadomya connectans, Pholadomya corbuloides, Pholadomya cuneiformis, Pholadomya cupressensis, Pholadomya decussata, Pholadomya diegoensis, Pholadomya distorta, Pholadomya elongata, Pholadomya esmarcki, Pholadomya esmarki, Pholadomya falconensis, Pholadomya gigantea, Pholadomya granulifera, Pholadomya gronlandica, Pholadomya harrigani, Pholadomya hians, Pholadomya hulenana, Pholadomya inaequiplicata, Pholadomya incurvata, Pholadomya kernensis, Pholadomya laeviuscula, Pholadomya lagenalis, Pholadomya lirata, Pholadomya lorica, Pholadomya margaritata, Pholadomya marylandica, Pholadomya mclearni, Pholadomya miocenica, Pholadomya mori, Pholadomya munita, Pholadomya murrayensis, Pholadomya nasuta, Pholadomya nevadana, Pholadomya nonaimensis, Pholadomya occidentalis, Pholadomya orbiculata, Pholadomya oregonensis, Pholadomya orientalis, Pholadomya ovalis, Pholadomya parahybensis, Pholadomya paucicosta, Pholadomya pedernalis, Pholadomya percarinata, Pholadomya phaseolus, Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis, Pholadomya puschi, Pholadomya qinghaiensis, Pholadomya quenstedti, Pholadomya ragazzii, Pholadomya rigacci, Pholadomya russelli, Pholadomya sanctaecrucis, Pholadomya sonorensis, Pholadomya stefaninii, Pholadomya subelongata, Pholadomya sublirata, Pholadomya subventricosa, Pholadomya valangiensis, Pholadomya vasellii, Pholadomya vaticana, Pholadomya vignesi, Pholadomya walli

Type specimen: Nat. Mus. of Canada 9036, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loc. CB1, Crowsnest River ["Colorado Shale"] (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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