Portlandia (Portlandia) mosesi Palmer 1923

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Alternative combination: Yoldia mosesi

Full reference: D. B. K. Palmer. 1923. A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(8):289-318

Belongs to Portlandia (Portlandia) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Wagner and Schilling 1923

Sister taxa: Portlandia (Portlandia) markleyensis, Portlandia (Portlandia) mortuasusensis, Portlandia (Portlandia) packardi

Type specimen: UCCIP 30704, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.

Distribution: found only at UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville

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