Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires. 1990. New Paleogene Fimbria (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Pacific coast of southwestern North America. Journal of Paleontology 64:552-556
Belongs to Fimbria according to R. L. Squires 1990
See also Squires 1999
Sister taxa: Fimbria (Omphaloclathrum), Fimbria africana, Fimbria astartiformis, Fimbria fimbriata, Fimbria furoni, Fimbria jamaicensis, Fimbria lajoyei, Fimbria mellingi, Fimbria pacifica, Fimbria semireticulata, Fimbria sowerbyi, Fimbria striaticostata, Fimbria subdavidsoni, Fimbria subpectunculus, Fimbria vernoni, Corbis manzavinii, Corbis lirata, Corbis imbricata, Corbis concinna, Corbis scarsellai, Corbis lamellosa, Corbis undata, Corbis staminea, Corbis major, Corbis lajoyei, Corbis laticostata, Corbis elliptica, Corbis plana, Corbis claibornensis
Type specimen: UCMP 38568. Its type locality is UCMP 7009, Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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