Calva (Microcalva) haggarti Saul and Popenoe 1992 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae

Full reference: L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe. 1992. Pacific Slope Cretaceous bivalves of the genus Calva. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 433:1-68

Belongs to Calva (Microcalva) according to L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1992

Sister taxon: Calva (Microcalva) elderi

Type specimen: LACMIP 8242. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1400, Bluff on south side of Fossil Cove, east end of Sucia Island, which is in a Campanian coastal shale in Washington.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CIT loc. 1400, Bluff on south side of Fossil Cove, east end of Sucia Island

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