Tivela (Pachydesma) gabbi Clark 1915 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1915. Fauna of the San Pablo group of middle California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(22):385-572

Belongs to Tivela (Pachydesma) according to B. L. Clark 1915

Sister taxa: Pachydesma sulcataria, Tivela (Pachydesma) diabloensis, Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana, Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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