Agnomyax Stewart 1930 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314

Parent taxon: Tellininae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Abranda, Aenona, Angulus, Arcopagella, Arcopaginula, Arcopagiopsis, Clathrotellina, Hemimetis, Hercodon, Jactellina, Laciolina, Linearis, Liothyris, Macomona, Obtellina, Palaeomoera, Pharaonella, Phylloda, Pinguitellina, Pistris, Pseudarcopagia, Punipagia, Quadrans, Quidnipagus, Scutarcopagia, Semelangulus, Solyma, Strigilla, Tampaella, Tellidora, Tellinides, Tellinimera, Tellipiura, Tonganaella

Subtaxa: Agnomyax monilifer

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Type: Tellina monilifera

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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