Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Alternative combination: Cuspidaria russelli
Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398
Belongs to Cardiomya according to R. L. Squires 1984
See also Hanna 1927 and Stewart 1930
Sister taxa: Cardiomya (Bowdenia), Cardiomya (Cardiomya), Cardiomya alkiensis, Cardiomya anaticepsella, Cardiomya comstockensis, Cardiomya costellata, Cardiomya didyma, Cardiomya dolabraeformis, Cardiomya domenginica, Cardiomya elegantissima, Cardiomya gouldiana, Cardiomya hannibali, Cardiomya israelskya, Cardiomya mansfieldi, Cardiomya ornatissima, Cardiomya pavascotti, Cardiomya pectinata, Cardiomya planetica, Cardiomya silverensis, Cardiomya turneri
Type specimen: UCMP 31015
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at CSUN 512d, Chivo Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains (Eocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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