Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Dosinia staleyi, Paphia stayleyi, Protothaca staleyi, Venerupis (Protothaca) staleyi
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1866. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 1-38
Belongs to Leukoma according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Addicott 1969, Arnold and Hannibal 1913, Faustman 1964, Gabb 1866, Gabb 1869, Howe 1922, Stewart 1930, Weaver 1942 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Leukoma asperrima, Leukoma beili, Leukoma columbiensis, Leukoma dolicha, Leukoma ecuadoriana, Leukoma grata, Leukoma histrionica, Leukoma laciniata, Leukoma metodon, Leukoma pertincta, Leukoma staminea, Leukoma thaca, Protothaca (Protothaca), Protothaca (Novathaca), Protothaca (Tropithaca) seymourensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (32: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (8: California, Oregon)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (7: California)
• Miocene of United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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