†Ledina fresnoensis Dickerson 1916 (pointed nut clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative combinations: Leda fresnoensis, Nuculana fresnoensis
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524
Belongs to Ledina according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Dickerson 1916, Squires 1988 and Turner 1938
Sister taxa: Ledina duttonae, Ledina smirna
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California, Oregon collections)
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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