Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Alternative combinations: Malletia chehalisensis, Portlandia (Portlandia) 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, 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:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Washington collections)
• Eocene of United States (5: Oregon)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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