Nuttallia howardi Dickerson 1915

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Alternative combination: Tellina howardi

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98

Belongs to Nuttallia according to E. J. Moore 2003

See also Dickerson 1915

Sister taxa: Nuttallia alata, Nuttallia nuttallii, Nuttallia salina, Nuttallia toulai, Nuttallia townsendensis

Type specimen: CAS 271. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon

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