Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378
Belongs to Cucullaea (Idonearca) according to F. M. Anderson 1958
Sister taxa: Cucullaea (Idonearca) alamoensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) buttensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras, Cucullaea (Idonearca) ezoensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida, Cucullaea (Idonearca) grossaforma, Cucullaea (Idonearca) maresi, Cucullaea (Idonearca) melhaseana, Cucullaea (Idonearca) muensteri, Cucullaea (Idonearca) thevestensis, Cucullaea (Idonearca) tippana, Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona, Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi, Idonearca capax, Idonearca carolinensis, Idonearca deserti, Idonearca littlei, Idonearca orientalis, Idonearca stephensoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc30536, Simi Hills, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in the Chatsworth Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 30536, Simi Hills
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.