Pandora (Kennerlia) yakatagensis Clark 1932 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1932. Fauna of the Poul and Yakataga Formations (Upper Oligocene) of Southern Alaska. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 43:797-846

Belongs to Pandora (Kennerlia) according to B. L. Clark 1932

Sister taxa: Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa, Pandora (Pandorella) bilirata, Pandora (Pandorella) dodona, Pandora (Pandorella) filosa, Pandora (Pandorella) inconspicua, Pandora (Pandorella) vanwinkleae, Pandora (Pandorella) wardiana, Pandora (Kennerleyia) lata

Type specimen: UCMP 30399. Its type locality is UCMP 3869, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Poul Creek Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Alaska collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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