Perna excavata White 1889 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Full reference: C. A. White. 1889. On invertebrate fossils from the Pacific coast. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 51:435-532

Belongs to Perna according to C. A. White 1889

Sister taxa: Perna (Perna), Perna bosniaca, Perna heberti, Perna kerguelensis, Perna latoconvexa, Perna loczyi, Perna magellanica, Perna meleagrinoides, Perna nishiyamai, Perna perna, Perna rimosa, Perna texanus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS loc. 405, Pentz Area (Cretaceous of California)

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