†Pleuromya papyracea Gabb 1869 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205
Belongs to Pleuromya according to R. B. Stewart 1930
See also Anderson 1938 and Gabb 1869
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (8: California collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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