Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Full reference: L. R. Saul. 1974. Described or figured West Coast species of Cymbophora. Journal of Paleontology 48(5):1068-1095
Belongs to Cymbophora according to L. R. Saul 1974
Sister taxa: Cymbophora ashburnerii, Cymbophora bella, Cymbophora buttensis, Cymbophora gabbiana, Cymbophora moevusi, Cymbophora nitidula, Cymbophora ochilleana, Cymbophora okadakensis, Cymbophora stantoni, Cymbophora suciensis, Cymbophora triangulata, Cymbophora warrenana, Spisula (Cymbophora) berryi, Spisula (Cymbophora) wordeni
Type specimen: UCLA 40665 (=CIT 3451). Its type locality is CIT loc. 974, Aliso-Santiago Creek Divide, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Williams Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (15: California collections)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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