Nutricola cymata Dall 1913 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Psephidia cymata

Synonym: Psephidia stephansae Hertlein and Grant 1972

Belongs to Nutricola according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012 and Hertlein and Grant 1972

Sister taxa: Nutricola humilis, Nutricola lordi, Nutricola ovalis, Nutricola tantilla

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (6: California collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)

• Pliocene of United States (2: California)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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