Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. New molluscan species from the Martinez Eocene of southern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 8(15):299-304
Belongs to Saxidomus according to R. E. Dickerson 1914
Sister taxa: Saxidomus barlowi, Saxidomus giganteus, Saxidomus newcombei, Saxidomus nuttalli, Saxidomus vaquerosensis
Type specimen: no number listed, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2249, Rock Creek, which is in a Selandian marine sandstone/shale in the San Francisquito Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 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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