†Legumen ooides Gabb 1864 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Tellina ooides
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Legumen according to W. P. Popenoe 1937
See also Anderson 1958, Gabb 1864 and Stewart 1930
Sister taxa: Legumen mozambensis, Legumen napii
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (22: California)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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