Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182
Belongs to Pholadomya according to L. W. Wiedey 1928
Sister taxa: Pholadomya (Bucardiomya), Pholadomya (Pholadomya), Pholadomya (Triplicosta), Pholadomya acuminata, Pholadomya adversa, Pholadomya albertensis, Pholadomya altumbonata, Pholadomya aubryi, Pholadomya borealis, Pholadomya candida, Pholadomya cardissoides, Pholadomya carinata, Pholadomya claibornensis, Pholadomya clementina, Pholadomya collombi, Pholadomya connectans, Pholadomya corbuloides, Pholadomya cuneiformis, Pholadomya cupressensis, Pholadomya decussata, Pholadomya diegoensis, Pholadomya distorta, Pholadomya elongata, Pholadomya esmarcki, Pholadomya esmarki, Pholadomya falconensis, Pholadomya gigantea, Pholadomya granulifera, Pholadomya gronlandica, Pholadomya harrigani, Pholadomya hians, Pholadomya hulenana, Pholadomya inaequiplicata, Pholadomya incurvata, Pholadomya laeviuscula, Pholadomya lagenalis, Pholadomya lirata, Pholadomya lorica, Pholadomya margaritata, Pholadomya marylandica, Pholadomya mclearni, Pholadomya miocenica, Pholadomya mori, Pholadomya munita, Pholadomya murrayensis, Pholadomya nasuta, Pholadomya nevadana, Pholadomya nitanae, Pholadomya nonaimensis, Pholadomya occidentalis, Pholadomya orbiculata, Pholadomya oregonensis, Pholadomya orientalis, Pholadomya ovalis, Pholadomya parahybensis, Pholadomya paucicosta, Pholadomya pedernalis, Pholadomya percarinata, Pholadomya phaseolus, Pholadomya pholadoides, Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis, Pholadomya puschi, Pholadomya qinghaiensis, Pholadomya quenstedti, Pholadomya ragazzii, Pholadomya ragsdalei, Pholadomya rigacci, Pholadomya roemeri, Pholadomya russelli, Pholadomya sanctaecrucis, Pholadomya shattucki, Pholadomya sonorensis, Pholadomya stefaninii, Pholadomya subelongata, Pholadomya sublirata, Pholadomya subventricosa, Pholadomya valangiensis, Pholadomya vasellii, Pholadomya vaticana, Pholadomya vignesi, Pholadomya walli
Type specimen: Leland Stanford Junior University 437, a shell. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 438, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 438
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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