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 kettlemanensis, Corbicula oldroydi, Corbicula oregonensis, Corbicula pugetensis, Corbicula serrodentata, Corbicula sookensis, Corbicula williamsoni, Corbicula willisi, Cyrena (Corbicula) altissima, Cyrena (Corbicula) diabloensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Olequah Creek, Cantwell place, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Washington collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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