Saxicava albertensis Russell and Landes 1937 (clam)

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)

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