Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Mulinia densata
Synonyms: Cardium gabbii Rémond 1863, Mulinia oregonensis Dall 1909, Pseudocardium densatum gabbii Rémond 1863, Pseudocardium gabbi Rémond 1863, Pseudocardium gabbii Rémond 1863, Pseudocardium oregonense Dall 1909
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327
Belongs to Pseudocardium according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Conrad 1856, Gabb 1866, Packard 1916, Weaver 1912 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Pseudocardium landesi, Pseudocardium meganosensis, Pseudocardium newcombei, Pseudocardium orthomorpha, Pseudocardium pabloensis, Pseudocardium packardi, Pseudocardium panzanum, Pseudocardium yaquinense, Spisula (Pseudocardium) haboroensis
Subtaxa: Pseudocardium densatum minor Pseudocardium gabbii altus Pseudocardium gabbii elongatus Pseudocardium gabbii robustum Pseudocardium gabbii undiliferum
Type specimens:
- Pseudocardium densatum: Its type locality is Foxen Canyon (USGS 15011) #33 (Woodring & Bramlette, 1950), which is in a Messinian/Zanclean coastal sandstone in the Sisquoc Formation of California
- Cardium gabbii:
- Mulinia oregonensis:
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)
• Blancan of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Pliocene of United States (8: California, Oregon)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (18: California, Washington)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
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