Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Full reference: L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221
Belongs to Saxicava according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937
Sister taxa: Clotho, Hiatella (Hiatella), Hiatella arctica, Hiatella arenicola, Hiatella australis, Hiatella curta, Hiatella fabacea, Hiatella rotundata, Hiatella sinemuriensis, Hiatella solida, Hiatella tenella, Hiatella tenuis, Hiatella tumulensis, Saxicava fragilis
Type specimen: GSC 9364, a shell
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Loc. 7, Bear Gulch [Bear Gulch Mbr, Pawkowki Fm] (Cretaceous of Alberta)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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