Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and C. A. Anderson. 1938. Wheatland Formation and its relation to Early Tertiary andesites in the Sierra Nevada. Geological Society Of America Bulletin 49:931-956
Belongs to Pitar (Lamelliconcha) according to B. L. Clark and C. A. Anderson 1938
Sister taxa: Pitar (Lamelliconcha) avenalensis, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) nomlandi, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) vertumni
Type specimen: UCMP 11217. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A1889, Wheatland, which is in a Priabonian coastal conglomerate/sandstone in the Wheatland Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. A1889, Wheatland
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