Saxicavella burnsi Hickman 2015 (clam)

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Saxicavellidae

Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 2015. Paleogene marine bivalves of the deep-water Keasey Formation in Oregon, Part III: The heteroconchs. PaleoBios 32:1-44

Belongs to Saxicavella according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Hickman 2015

Sister taxon: Saxicavella pacifica

Type specimen: UCMP 10707. Its type locality is USGS 15315, which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)

• Eocene of United States (1: Oregon)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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