Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Alternative combination: Propeamussium mideocenicum
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246
Belongs to Parvamussium according to E. J. Moore 1984
See also Squires 1988 and Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Parvamussium alaskense, Parvamussium austriacum, Parvamussium bayosense, Parvamussium duodecimlamellatum, Parvamussium felsineum, Parvamussium lajollaensis, Parvamussium mata, Parvamussium pumilum, Parvamussium retiaculum, Parvamussium salacon, Parvamussium scitulum, Parvamussium squalidulum, Parvamussium stanfordense, Parvamussium thetidis, Parvamussium torresi, Parvamussium vafer, Propeamussiium (Parvamussium) mistensis, Polynemamussium intuscostatus, Polynemamussium davidsoni, Variamussium cancellatum, Variamussium squamigerum, Variamussium clamosseum, Variamussium anolense
Type specimen: UCMP 15584-15586, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek (Eocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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