Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Alternative combination: Psammobia martini
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1917. Climate and its influence upon the Oligocene faunas of the Pacific Coast, with descriptions of some new species from the Molopophorus lincolnensis Zone. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(6):157-192
Belongs to Gari according to W. L. Effinger 1938
See also Dickerson 1917
Sister taxa: Gari (Amphipsammus), Gari (Gari), Gari (Garum), Gari (Gobraeus), Gari (Grammatomya), Gari (Kermadysmea), Gari (Psammobella), Gari (Psammobia), Gari (Psammocola), Gari (Psammodonax), Gari (Psammoica), Gari (Psammotaena), Gari aequalis, Gari brouwersae, Gari elliptica, Gari lintea, Gari maculosa, Gari olequahensis, Gari squamosa, Gari weinkauffi
Type specimen: CAS 389, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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