Cryptolucina megadyseides Saul et al. 1996 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Full reference: L. R. Saul, R. L. Squires, and J. L. Goedert. 1996. A new genus of cryptic lucinid? bivalve from Eocene cold seeps and turbidite-influenced mudstone, western Washington. Journal of Paleontology 70(5):788-794

Belongs to Cryptolucina according to L. R. Saul et al. 1996

Sister taxon: Cryptolucina megayseides

Type specimen: LACMIP 11418, a shell. Its type locality is Satsop River, west fork, which is in an Eocene/Eocene basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Humptulips Formation of Washington.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Washington collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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