Goniomya vespera Anderson 1938 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331

Belongs to Goniomya according to F. M. Anderson 1938

Sister taxa: Goniomya (Goniomya), Goniomya angulifera, Goniomya aperta, Goniomya disangula, Goniomya hemicostata, Goniomya lacunosa, Goniomya literata, Goniomya matonabbei, Goniomya renevieri, Goniomya singaporensis, Goniomya verbana, Pholadomya (Goniomya) beyrichi

Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc1691, Clements Ranch, Redding (=Reading) Creek, , which is in a Hauterivian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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