Ledina fresnoensis Dickerson 1916 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combinations: Calorhadia (Litorhadia) fresnoensis, Leda fresnoensis, Nuculana fresnoensis

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524

Belongs to Ledina according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Dickerson 1916, Squires 1988, Turner 1938 and Vokes 1939

Sister taxa: Ledina duttonae, Ledina smirna

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: California, Oregon collections)

• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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