Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Full reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1937. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca from Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 11(5):379-402
Belongs to Clisocolus according to W. P. Popenoe 1937
Sister taxa: Clisocolus (Clisocolus), Clisocolus cordatus, Clisocolus dubius, Clisocolus endotrachys, Clisocolus indubitus, Clisocolus moreauensis
Type specimen: CIT (IP) 3439. Its type locality is CIT loc. 302, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Ladd Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (3 collections), United States (8: California)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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