Erodona vaderensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Alternative combination: Phaenomya vaderensis

Full reference: C. E. Weaver and K. Van Winkle Palmer. 1922. Fauna from the Eocene of Washington. University of Washington Publications in Geology 1(3):1-56

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

See also Cox et al. 1969 and Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922

Sister taxon: Erodona mactroides

Type specimen: Its type locality is UW 315, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington

Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UW 315

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