†Amiantis loeli Wiedey 1929 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1929. New Miocene mollusks from California. Journal of Paleontology 3(3):280-289
Belongs to Amiantis according to L. W. Wiedey 1929
Sister taxa: Amiantis (Amiantis), Amiantis (Eucallista), Amiantis callosa, Amiantis dalli, Amiantis mathewsoni, Amiantis mathewsonii, Amiantis purpurata, Cytherea (Amiantis) incrassata
Type specimen: LSJU 519. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 450, Searsville Road, Palo Alto, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 450, Searsville Road, Palo Alto
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