Pegophysema edentuloides Verrill 1901 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combinations: Anodontia edentuloides, Loripes edentuloides, Lucina edentuloides, Pegophysema (Pegophysema) edentuloides

Belongs to Pegophysema according to C. L. Powell 2008

See also Hanna 1926 and Moore 1988

Sister taxa: Anodontia (Pegophysema) philippiana, Anodontia (Pegophysema) schrammi, Pegophysema (Pegophysema), Pegophysema janus, Pegophysema mauryae, Pegophysema omaliusi, Pegophysema santarosana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (11: California collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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