Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Full reference: S. Kiel and J. L. Goedert. 2007. New mollusks associated with biogenic substrates in Cenozoic deepâwater sediments of Washington State. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(1):41-52
Belongs to Thyasira according to S. Kiel and J. L. Goedert 2007
Sister taxa: Thyasira (Conchocele), Thyasira alaskana, Thyasira austrosulca, Thyasira becca, Thyasira chilensis, Thyasira cretacea, Thyasira flexuosa, Thyasira montanita, Thyasira nana, Thyasira olssoni, Thyasira peruviana, Thyasira rashidi, Thyasira sarsii, Thyasira staufti, Thyasira tanabei, Thyasira tessaria
Type specimen: LACMIP 13370. Its type locality is Murdock Creek, which is in a Rupelian deep-water siltstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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