†Tehamatea ovalis Stanton 1895 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Lucina ovalis
Full reference: T. W. Stanton. 1895. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133:1-132
Belongs to Tehamatea according to A. Kaim et al. 2014
See also Kiel 2013 and Stanton 1895
Sister taxa: Tehamatea agirrezabalai, Tehamatea rasmusseni, Tehamatea vocontiana
Type specimen: USNM 23056
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (1: California collection)
• Jurassic of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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