Tancredia americana Meek and Hayden 1857 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

Alternative combination: Hettangia americana

Belongs to Tancredia according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937

Sister taxa: Tancredia (Corburella), Tancredia (Isotancredia), Tancredia (Palaeomya), Tancredia (Paratancredia), Tancredia (Tancredia), Tancredia africana, Tancredia allani, Tancredia beneckei, Tancredia donaciformis, Tancredia elongata, Tancredia knowltoni, Tancredia kurupana, Tancredia plana, Tancredia slavichi, Tancredia stelcki

Subtaxa: Tancredia americana cupressensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (8: Alberta collections), United States (3: North Dakota, South Dakota)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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