Cuneocorbula torreyensis Hanna 1927 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Alternative combination: Corbula torreyensis

Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398

Belongs to Cuneocorbula according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Squires 1999

Sister taxa: Corbula (Cuneocorbula) formosa, Corbula (Cuneocorbula) kyushuensis, Cuneocorbula angulata, Cuneocorbula biangulata, Cuneocorbula griswoldensis, Cuneocorbula helenae, Cuneocorbula subengonata, Cuneocorbula weaveri, Cuneocorbula whitfieldi

Type specimen: UCMP 31115

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (9: California, Oregon collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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