Corbicula olequahensis Weaver 1912 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Alternative combination: Meretrix olequahensis

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 Corbicula according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Weaver 1912

Sister taxa: Corbicula (Corbicula), Corbicula (Corbiculella), Corbicula (Corbiculina), Corbicula (Cyanocyclas), Corbicula (Donacopsis), Corbicula (Leptesthes), Corbicula (Loxoptychodon), Corbicula (Paracorbicula), Corbicula (Tellinocyclas), Corbicula arnoldi, Corbicula astartoides, Corbicula brevidens, Corbicula britannica, Corbicula carlosensis, Corbicula consobrina, Corbicula cowlitzensis, Corbicula dowlingi, Corbicula gerthi, Corbicula ingens, Corbicula jestesi, Corbicula oldroydi, Corbicula oregonensis, Corbicula pugetensis, Corbicula serrodentata, Corbicula sookensis, Corbicula willisi, Cyrena (Corbicula) altissima, Cyrena (Corbicula) diabloensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 183, Big Bend of Cowlitz River (Eocene of Washington)

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