Goniomya aperta Gabb 1870 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1870. Descriptions of some secondary fossils from the Pacific states. American Journal of Conchology 5:5-18

Belongs to Goniomya according to W. M. Gabb 1870

Sister taxa: Goniomya (Goniomya), Goniomya americana, Goniomya angulifera, Goniomya disangula, Goniomya hemicostata, Goniomya lacunosa, Goniomya literata, Goniomya matonabbei, Goniomya renevieri, Goniomya singaporensis, Goniomya verbana, Goniomya vespera, Pholadomya (Goniomya) beyrichi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Volcano (Pilot Mountains), which is in a Lacian marine limestone in the Luning Formation of Nevada

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Volcano (Pilot Mountains)

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