Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Alternative combinations: Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) mathewsonii, Cucullaea mathewsoni

Synonym: Arca biloba Weaver 1905

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Cucullaea according to C. S. Hickman 2021

See also Gabb 1864, Moore 1983, Reinhart 1937, Stanton 1896, Stewart 1930, Waring 1917 and Weaver 1905

Sister taxa: Arca (Cucullaea) equilateralis, Arca (Cucullaea) intermedia, Cucullaea (Cucullastis), Cucullaea (Cucullona), Cucullaea (Cyphoxis), Cucullaea (Idonearca), Cucullaea (Latiarca), Cucullaea adelaidensis, Cucullaea alta, Cucullaea auriculifera, Cucullaea chiemiensis, Cucullaea chilensis, Cucullaea cordiformis, Cucullaea corioensis, Cucullaea crassatina, Cucullaea eichwaldi, Cucullaea ellioti, Cucullaea equidens, Cucullaea erda, Cucullaea ewekoroensis, Cucullaea farsensis, Cucullaea freia, Cucullaea gabbi, Cucullaea gigantea, Cucullaea glabra, Cucullaea granulosa, Cucullaea haguei, Cucullaea harttii, Cucullaea increbescens, Cucullaea inermis, Cucullaea isolda, Cucullaea labiata, Cucullaea laubei, Cucullaea lirata, Cucullaea littlei, Cucullaea macerata, Cucullaea marshalli, Cucullaea minchinhamptonensis, Cucullaea monodi, Cucullaea morani, Cucullaea multicostata, Cucullaea nipponica, Cucullaea obliqua, Cucullaea obliqua, Cucullaea pachygastris, Cucullaea pamotanensis, Cucullaea patagonensis, Cucullaea perijana, Cucullaea ponderosa, Cucullaea scrivenori, Cucullaea seisiana, Cucullaea sindangbaranensis, Cucullaea striatiumbonata, Cucullaea subglabra, Cucullaea transversa, Cucullaea transversa, Cucullaea tschapitana, Cucullaea worthingtoni, Cucullea auingeri, Cucullea polyglypha, Cucullea rugosa, Idonearca deatsvillensis, Idonearca kingsensis, Idonearca murrayi, Idonearca powersi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)

• Tertiary of United States (1: California)

• Paleocene of Mexico (4), United States (30: California)

• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence

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