Nutricola cymata Dall 1913 (venus clam)
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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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