Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Full reference: D. H. Dailey and W. P. Popenoe. 1966. Mollusca from the upper Cretaceous Jalama Formation, Santa Barbara County, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 65:1-41
Belongs to Glycymeris (Glycymerita) according to W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul 1993
Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Glycymerita) anae, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) ibariformis, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) magna, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) reefensis, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) tecolotensis, Glycymerita (Glycymerita), Glycymerita aleuta, Glycymerita banosensis, Glycymerita concava, Glycymerita gigantica, Glycymerita major, Glycymerita robusta, Glycymerita sagittata, Glycymerita veatchii
Type specimen: UCLA 40403. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4147, Jalama Creek, which is in a Campanian offshore sandstone/shale in the Jalama Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (3: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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