Securella vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Chione vancouverensis

Full reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234

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

See also Clark and Arnold 1923, Parker 1949 and Weaver 1942

Sister taxa: Chione (Securella) ensifera, Chione (Securella) kanakoffi, Securella alaskensis, Securella bisculpta, Securella carmanahensis, Securella clallamensis, Securella cryptolineata, Securella elsmerensis, Securella juanensis, Securella montesanoensis, Securella olympidea, Securella panzana, Securella securis, Securella staleyi

Type specimen: UCMP IP 30052

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kirby Creek, east (Oligocene of British Columbia)

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