Bivalvia - Venerida - Mesodesmatidae
Alternative combination: Mesodesma pacifica
Full reference: E. B. Hall and A. W. Ambrose. 1916. Descriptions of new species from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the Tesla, Pleasanton, San Jose, and Mt. Hamilton Quadrangles, California. The Nautilus 30(6):68-82
Belongs to Myadesma according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Clark 1922
Sister taxa: Myadesma dalli, Myadesma eocenica, Myadesma howei
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS 61804, Alameda Creek, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Monterey Formation of California
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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