Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1961. Characteristic lower Cretaceous megafossils from northern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 335
Belongs to Solecurtus according to R. W. Imlay 1961
Sister taxa: Solecurtus (Azor), Solecurtus (Macha), Solecurtus blainvillii, Solecurtus broggii, Solecurtus cereris, Solecurtus dennanti, Solecurtus dubius, Solecurtus legrandi, Solecurtus murrayvianus, Solecurtus obscurus, Solecurtus philippinarum, Solecurtus strigilatus, Solecurtus strigillatus, Solecurtus sulcatus, Solecurtus vicksburgensis, Solenocurtus hanetianus, Solenocurtus sindiensis, Psammosolen gatunensis, Psammosolen galapaganus, Psammosolen sanctidominici
Type specimen: USNM 128633. Its type locality is USGS 24468 - Kukpowruk River, North Slope, which is in an Albian coastal siltstone/shale in the Kukpowruk Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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