Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford. 1927. The geology and paleontology of the type section of the Meganos Formation (lower Middle Eocene) of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 17(2):63-142
Belongs to Pitaria according to B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford 1927
Sister taxa: Pitaria (Pitaria), Pitaria altoumbonata, Pitaria ashiyaensis, Pitaria baldryi, Pitaria behri, Pitaria buenavistana, Pitaria calcanea, Pitaria californiana, Pitaria concinna, Pitaria conradi, Pitaria intica, Pitaria kyushuensis, Pitaria lorenzana, Pitaria matsumotoi, Pitaria obscurate, Pitaria silicifluvia, Pitaria sorrentoensis, Pitaria takashimaensis, Pitaria verticala, Pitaria yasila, Pitaria yokoyamai
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP 3158, Deer Valley, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP 3158, Deer Valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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