Avicula homfrayi Gabb 1864 (clam)

Bivalvia - Aviculidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent territories. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:19-35

Belongs to Avicula according to W. M. Gabb 1864

Sister taxa: Avicula (Oxytoma), Avicula aculeata, Avicula aequivalvis, Avicula alternans, Avicula angulosa, Avicula arcoidea, Avicula arcuata, Avicula atlantica, Avicula azzarola, Avicula beisseli, Avicula bifrons, Avicula bittneri, Avicula boeckhi, Avicula bronni, Avicula carinthiaca, Avicula caudata, Avicula caudataeformis, Avicula cingulata, Avicula cortinensis, Avicula cosmeta, Avicula crispata, Avicula dalailamae, Avicula decipiens, Avicula depressa, Avicula deshayesi, Avicula destefanoi, Avicula difficilis, Avicula dunkeri, Avicula eximia, Avicula falcata, Avicula frechii, Avicula gainsana, Avicula gallensteini, Avicula gessneri, Avicula geyeri, Avicula glaberrima, Avicula globulus, Avicula grabovicensis, Avicula gregaria, Avicula gregoryi, Avicula hallensis, Avicula haydeni, Avicula hofmanni, Avicula insolita, Avicula janiriformis, Avicula japodica, Avicula kautzkyi, Avicula keyserlingi, Avicula kokeni, Avicula kossmati, Avicula kutassyi, Avicula laczkoi, Avicula launsdorfiensis, Avicula lineata, Avicula loomisi, Avicula lorata, Avicula miljacensis, Avicula mucronata, Avicula muensteri, Avicula nitida, Avicula nodosa, Avicula obtusa, Avicula ochotica, Avicula oldroydii, Avicula pannonica, Avicula pellucida, Avicula plicatostriata, Avicula problematica, Avicula prosslinensis, Avicula pseudofrederici, Avicula roguensis, Avicula salomoni, Avicula seisiana, Avicula sinemuriensis, Avicula soperi, Avicula spinicosta, Avicula sturoides, Avicula tarentina, Avicula tofanae, Avicula trigonata, Avicula zeuschneri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Star Canon, Humboldt, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in Nevada

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Star Canon, Humboldt

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