Nemodon textrina Stanton 1895 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Alternative combination: Arca textrina

Full reference: T. W. Stanton. 1895. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133:1-132

Belongs to Nemodon according to P. W. Reinhart 1937

See also Anderson 1938 and Stanton 1895

Sister taxa: Nemodon (Nemodon), Nemodon brevifrons, Nemodon canadensis, Nemodon eufaulensis, Nemodon grandis, Nemodon vancouverensis, Parallelodon (Nemodon) nuarsense

Type specimen: USNM 23045

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Northwest of Stephenson Place, Cold Ford of Cottonwood Creek (Cretaceous of California)

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