Anodonta arnoldi Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 (freshwater mussel)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Full reference: C. E. Weaver and K. Van Winkle Palmer. 1922. Fauna from the Eocene of Washington. University of Washington Publications in Geology 1(3):1-56

Belongs to Anodonta according to C. E. Weaver and K. Van Winkle Palmer 1922

Sister taxa: Anodonta cygnea, Anodonta johnseni, Anodonta kettlemanensis, Anodonta liasokeuperina, Anodonta lignitica, Anodonta nitida, Anodonta truncilla

Type specimen: Its type locality is UW 315, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UW 315

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