Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Full reference: E. G. Kauffman. 1969. Systematics and Evolutionary Position of a New Tertiary Thyasira (Bivalvia) from Alaska . Journal of Paleontology 43(5):1099-1110
Belongs to Thyasira according to E. G. Kauffman 1969
Sister taxa: Thyasira (Conchocele), Thyasira austrosulca, Thyasira becca, Thyasira chilensis, Thyasira cretacea, Thyasira flexuosa, Thyasira montanita, Thyasira nana, Thyasira olssoni, Thyasira peruviana, Thyasira rashidi, Thyasira sarsii, Thyasira staufti, Thyasira tanabei, Thyasira tessaria, Thyasira xylodia
Type specimen: USNM 140889, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is Carter Creek, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine sandstone in the Sagavanirktok Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Carter Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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