Nutricola tantilla Gould 1853 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combinations: Psephis tantilla, Transenella tantilla, Transennella tantilla, Venus tantillus

Belongs to Nutricola according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Coan et al. 2000, Moody 1916, Valentine 1957, Vedder and Norris 1963 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950

Sister taxa: Nutricola cymata, Nutricola humilis, Nutricola lordi, Nutricola ovalis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (6 collections), United States (57: California, Oregon)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (4: California)

• Pliocene of United States (4: California)

• Miocene of United States (3: California)

Total: 74 collections each including a single occurrence

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