†Cyprimeria moorei Popenoe 1937 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1937. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca from Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 11(5):379-402
Belongs to Cyprimeria according to W. P. Popenoe 1937
Sister taxa: Cyprimeria cyprimeriformis, Cyprimeria discus, Cyprimeria subalata, Meretrix (Cyprimeria) oldhamiana
Type specimen: CIT (IP) 3440. Its type locality is CIT loc. 92, Harding Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Ladd Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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