Glycymeris eocenica tejonensis Weaver 1912 (bittersweet clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Alternative combination: Pectunculus tejonensis

Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1912. A preliminary report on the Tertiary paleontology of western Washington. Washington Geological Survey Bulletin 15:1-80

Belongs to Glycymeris eocenica according to C. E. Weaver 1942

See also Weaver 1912

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAS 478, a shell. Its type locality is UW 227, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Tejon Formation of Washington.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UW 227

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