Myadesma Clark 1922 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1922. A new family and new genus from the Tertiary of the Pacific coast. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(4):115-122

Parent taxon: Mesodesmatidae according to E. J. Moore 2003

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Clark 1922, Clark and Arnold 1923 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Califadesma, Davilinae, Donacilla, Mesodesmatinae, Paphies

Subtaxa: Myadesma dalli Myadesma eocenica Myadesma howei Myadesma pacifica

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia)

• Eocene of United States (4: California, Oregon)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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