Schizothaerus trapezoides Clark 1932 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Venerida - Mactridae
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 Schizothaerus according to B. L. Clark 1932
Sister taxa: Tresus allomyax, Tresus capax, Tresus nuttallii, Tresus pajaroanus, Tresus saxadomoides
Type specimen: UCMP 30374. Its type locality is UCMP 3850 Hamilton Creek, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Poul Creek Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP 3850 Hamilton Creek
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