Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Aphrodina nitida, Calva nitida, Caryatis nitida, Meretrix nitida, Trigonocallista nitida
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Calva (Egelicalva) according to L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1992
See also Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869, Packard 1922, Popenoe 1937, Stewart 1930 and Taff et al. 1940
Sister taxa: Calva (Egelicalva) bowersiana, Calva (Egelicalva) buttensis, Calva (Egelicalva) byblidis, Calva (Egelicalva) crassa, Calva (Egelicalva) spissa, Calva (Egelicalva) taffi
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (16: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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