Portlandia (Portlandia) packardi Clark 1918 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Alternative combinations: Malletia packardi, Portlandia packardi, Yoldia (Portlandia) packardi

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Portlandia (Portlandia) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Clark 1918, Clark 1925 and Hall 2002

Sister taxa: Portlandia (Portlandia) markleyensis, Portlandia (Portlandia) mortuasusensis, Portlandia (Portlandia) mosesi

Type specimen: UCMP 11154, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)

• Eocene of United States (2: California)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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