†Isorropodon frankfortensis Amano and Kiel 2007 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae
Full reference: K. Amano and S. Kiel. 2007. Fossil Vesicomyid Bivalves from the North Pacific Region . The Veliger 49(4):270-293
Belongs to Isorropodon according to K. Amano and S. Kiel 2007
Sister taxa: Isorropodon humptulipsense, Isorropodon perplexum
Type specimen: USNM 534963, a shell. Its type locality is Frankfort, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Astoria Formation of Washington.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Frankfort
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