Pachyperna joaquinensis Vokes 1939 (pearl oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Alternative combination: Pedalion joaquinensis

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246

Belongs to Pachyperna according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Vokes 1939

Sister taxon: Pachyperna goniglensis

Type specimen: UCMP 15577

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pachyperna joaquinensis in the database

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