Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California. I. Paleontology. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410
Belongs to Saxidomus according to W. Loel and W. H. Corey 1932
Sister taxa: Saxidomus giganteus, Saxidomus newcombei, Saxidomus noblei, Saxidomus nuttalli, Saxidomus vaquerosensis
Type specimen: UCMP 31848. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A498, foothills of La Panza Range, which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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