Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246
Belongs to Vulsella according to E. J. Moore 1983
See also Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Vulsella (Vulsella), Vulsella angusta, Vulsella deperdita, Vulsella grandicubitus, Vulsella laevigata, Vulsella legumen, Vulsella pakistanica, Vulsella vulsella, Vulsella walleri
Type specimen: UCMP 15743, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek, which is in a Ypresian deep-water shale in the Lodo Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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