Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Pitar (Lamelliconcha) clarki, Pitar clarki, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) clarki, Pitaria clarki
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1917. Climate and its influence upon the Oligocene faunas of the Pacific Coast, with descriptions of some new species from the Molopophorus lincolnensis Zone. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(6):157-192
Belongs to Lamelliconcha according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Clark and Anderson 1938, Dickerson 1917, Durham 1944, Effinger 1938, Hickman 2015 and Weaver 1942
Sister taxa: Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha) protophilippinarum, Lamelliconcha acutecostata, Lamelliconcha aequicincta, Lamelliconcha anona, Lamelliconcha ayabaca, Lamelliconcha boucaryensis, Lamelliconcha casta, Lamelliconcha charanica, Lamelliconcha circinata, Lamelliconcha concinna, Lamelliconcha cora, Lamelliconcha guppyana, Lamelliconcha hillii, Lamelliconcha kawadai, Lamelliconcha labreana, Lamelliconcha mellisa, Lamelliconcha musanica, Lamelliconcha negritensis, Lamelliconcha parinensis, Lamelliconcha paytensis, Lamelliconcha samanensis, Lamelliconcha saponaria, Lamelliconcha tortuosus, Lamelliconcha unicolor, Lamelliconcha vinaceus, Lamelliconcha wolfi, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) baldryi, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) eocenica
Type specimen: CAS 393
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (5: Oregon, Washington collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of United States (25: California, Oregon, Washington)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
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