Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Full reference: L. R. Saul. 1973. Evidence for the origin of the Mactridae (Bivalvia) in the Cretaceous. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 97:1-51
Belongs to Nelltia according to L. R. Saul 1973
Sister taxa: Nelltia angulata, Nelltia roddana, Nelltia skidgatensis, Nelltia stenzeli
Type specimen: UCLA 47369, a shell. Its type locality is CIT Loc. 1195 - Stinking Creek [Member I], which is in a Turonian coastal sandstone in the Redding Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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