†Myadesma howei Clark 1922 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Venerida - Mesodesmatidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1922. A new family and new genus from the Tertiary of the Pacific coast. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(4):115-122
Belongs to Myadesma according to C. E. Weaver 1942
See also Clark 1922
Sister taxa: Myadesma dalli, Myadesma eocenica, Myadesma pacifica
Type specimen: UCMP 30328
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Eugene East (UO 10) - #24 (Hickman) (Eocene of Oregon)
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