Clisocolus dubius Gabb 1864 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae

Alternative combinations: Clisocolus dubia, Loripes dubia

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Clisocolus according to R. B. Stewart 1930

See also Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869 and White 1889

Sister taxa: Clisocolus (Clisocolus), Clisocolus cordatus, Clisocolus corrugatus, Clisocolus endotrachys, Clisocolus indubitus, Clisocolus moreauensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (20: California, Washington collections)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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