Portlandia chehalisensis Arnold 1908 (clam)

Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Sareptidae

Alternative combinations: Malletia chehalisensis, Portlandia (Portlandia) chehalisensis, Yoldia (Yoldiella) chehalisensis, Yoldia chehalisensis

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389

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

See also Arnold 1908, Clark 1925, Durham 1944, Moore 1963, Moore 1983, Moore 1984 and Tegland 1933

Sister taxa: Portlandia (Portlandia), Portlandia arctica, Portlandia glacialis, Portlandia impressa, Portlandia kakimii, Portlandia laudabilis, Portlandia rosa, Yoldia (Portlandia) cooperii

Type specimen: USNM 165447, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Washington collection)

• Oligocene of United States (6: Washington)

• Eocene of United States (5: Oregon)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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