Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative combination: Astarte lapidis
Full reference: E. L. Packard. 1922. New species from the Cretaceous of the Santa Ana Mountains, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(10):413-462
Belongs to Eriphyla according to W. P. Popenoe 1937
See also Anderson 1958 and Packard 1922
Sister taxa: Eriphyla (Dozyia), Eriphyla (Eriphyla), Eriphyla (Miyakoella), Eriphyla agrioensis, Eriphyla argentina, Eriphyla forbesiana, Eriphyla lenticularis, Eriphyla ovoides, Eriphyla umbonata, Eriphyla veatchii
Type specimen: UCMP 12285
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (8: California collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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