Cryptomya washingtoniana Weaver 1912 (softshell clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

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 Cryptomya according to C. E. Weaver 1942

See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Weaver 1912

Sister taxa: Cryptomya californica, Cryptomya quadrata, Mya (Cryptomya) incognita

Type specimen: CAS 505, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cryptomya washingtoniana in the database

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