Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Septifer (Septifer) elegans
Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124
Belongs to Septifer according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Moore 1983 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Septifer (Mytilisepta), Septifer (Septifer), Septifer bifurcatus, Septifer bilocularis, Septifer fenestralis, Septifer fenestratus, Septifer lineatus, Septifer lingua, Septifer magnificus, Septifer mayai, Septifer mifunensis, Septifer samiri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 5 (of Waring 1917) - Santa Monica Mountains [Coal Canyon Fm], which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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