Nuttallia Dall 1900 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Alternative spelling: Sanguinolaria (Nuttallia)

Synonym: Hainania Scarlato 1965

Parent taxon: Psammobiidae according to E. J. Moore 2003

See also Coan et al. 2000, Durham 1944 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Capsinae, Gari, Garinae, Heterodonax, Psammobiinae, Psammotella, Sanguinolariinae, Sinopsammobia

Subtaxa: Nuttallia alata Nuttallia howardi Nuttallia nuttallii Nuttallia salina Nuttallia toulai Nuttallia townsendensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (7: California)

• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (2: California)

• Miocene of Mexico (2), the Russian Federation (4), United States (3: California)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (2: Washington)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (3: California, Oregon, Washington)

• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences

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