†Vulcanidas goederti Kiel and Amano 2013 (mussel)
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Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Full reference: S. Kiel and K. Amano. 2013. The earliest bathymodiolin mussels: An Evaluatio of Eocene and Oligocene taxa from deep-sea methane seep deposits in Western Washington State. Journal of Paleontology 87(4):589-602
Belongs to Vulcanidas according to S. Kiel and K. Amano 2013
Sister taxon: Vulcanidas insolatus
Type specimen: UWBM 98890. Its type locality is LACMIP 12385, Humptulips Fm, which is in a Lutetian deep subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Humptulips Formation of Washington.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at LACMIP 12385, Humptulips Fm
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