Linearia multicostata Gabb 1869 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Asaphis multicostata

Synonym: Linearia suciensis Whiteaves 1879

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Belongs to Linearia according to R. B. Stewart 1930

See also Gabb 1869

Sister taxa: Linearia crebelli, Linearia cribelli, Linearia semistriata, Linearia weiseri, Linearia wieserae, Tellina (Linearia) delicatula

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at UCLA 7030, Long Canyon (Cretaceous of California)

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