Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Alternative combination: Siliqua alisoensis
Full reference: E. L. Packard. 1922. New species from the Cretaceous of the Santa Ana Mountains, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(10):413-462
Belongs to Laternula according to W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul 1993
See also Packard 1922
Sister taxa: Laternula (Laternulina), Laternula albertensis, Laternula fuchsi, Laternula jidiensis, Laternula valenciennesii
Type specimen: UCMP 12293
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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