Chaenomya leavenworthensis Meek and Hayden 1858 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae

Alternative combination: Allorisma leavenworthensis

Full reference: F. B. Meek and F.V. Hayden. 1858. Remarks oon the Lower Cretaceous beds of Kansas and Nebraska, together with descriptions of some new species of Carboniferous fossils from the valley of Kansas River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1858:256-264

Belongs to Chaenomya according to R. D. Hoare 1961

See also Beede 1900, Meek and Hayden 1858 and Meek and Hayden 1864

Sister taxa: Chaenomya caatingaensis, Chaenomya guizhouensis, Chaenomya nuraensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Kansas, Missouri, Ohio collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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