Cymbophora gabbiana Anderson 1902 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Alternative combinations: Mactra gabbiana, Spisula (Cymbophora) gabbiana, Spisula gabbiana

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1902. Cretaceous Deposits of the Pacific Coast. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2(1):1-155

Belongs to Cymbophora according to L. R. Saul 1974

See also Anderson 1902, Packard 1916, Popenoe 1937 and Waring 1917

Sister taxa: Cymbophora ashburnerii, Cymbophora bella, Cymbophora buttensis, Cymbophora moevusi, Cymbophora nitidula, Cymbophora ochilleana, Cymbophora okadakensis, Cymbophora popenoei, Cymbophora stantoni, Cymbophora suciensis, Cymbophora triangulata, Cymbophora warrenana, Spisula (Cymbophora) berryi, Spisula (Cymbophora) wordeni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (32: California collections)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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