Diplodonta (Zemysina) pacifica Zinsmeister 1983 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Full reference: W. J. Zinsmeister. 1983. New Late Paleocene molluscs from the Simi Hills, Ventura County, Califonia. Journal of Paleontology 57(6):1282-1303

Belongs to Diplodonta (Zemysina) according to E. J. Moore 1988

See also Zinsmeister 1983

Sister taxa: Diplodonta (Zemysina) densiscalpta, Diplodonta (Zemysina) globus, Diplodonta (Zemysina) lamberti

Type specimen: UCR 6682/2, a shell. Its type locality is Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Simi Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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