Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180
Belongs to Psammobia according to R. E. Dickerson 1914
Sister taxa: Gari (Psammobia) patagonica, Psammobia auriformis, Psammobia bervillei, Psammobia burmeisteri, Psammobia caillati, Psammobia cerasia, Psammobia crassatellaeformis, Psammobia cuisensis, Psammobia debilis, Psammobia donacilla, Psammobia eborea, Psammobia ferroensis, Psammobia filosa, Psammobia gubernatoria, Psammobia hamiltonensis, Psammobia inaequilateralis, Psammobia inconspicua, Psammobia jonesi, Psammobia kingi, Psammobia lamarckii, Psammobia lintea, Psammobia neglecta, Psammobia obscura, Psammobia papyria, Psammobia plana, Psammobia spathula, Psammobia tellinella, Psammobia tenuicula, Psammobia vaudini, Psammobia vespertina
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP 780, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Martinez Formation of California
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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