Inoceramus (Cataceramus) tenuilineatus Hall and Meek 1855 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Alternative combination: Inoceramus tenuilineatus

Full reference: J. Hall and F. B. Meek. 1855. Descriptions of New Species of Fossils, from the Cretaceous Formations of Nebraska, with Observations upon Baculites ovatus and B. compressus, and the Progressive Development of the Septa in Baculites, Ammonites, and Scaphites. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5(2):379-411

Belongs to Inoceramus (Cataceramus) according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 1973

See also Russell and Landes 1937

Sister taxa: Boehmiceramus, Cataceramus balticus, Cataceramus bantu, Cataceramus langi, Cataceramus subcompressus, Dimeroceramus, Inoceramus (Cataceramus) sagensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Turkey (1), United States (9: Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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