Clinocardium scapoosense Clark 1925 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combinations: Cardium (Cerastoderma) scapoosense, Cerastoderma scapoosense, Clinocardium scapoosensis

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

See also Clark 1925, Durham 1944 and Weaver 1942

Sister taxa: Clinocardium (Clinocardium), Clinocardium (Keenocardium), Clinocardium blandum, Clinocardium bulowi, Clinocardium comoxense, Clinocardium fucanum, Clinocardium okushirense, Clinocardium sookensis, Clinocardium yakatagense

Type specimen: CAS 680

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Oregon, Washington collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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