Securella cryptolineata Clark 1918 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Chione cryptolineata

Synonyms: Chione lineolata Clark 1918, Chione mediostriata Clark 1918

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Securella according to P. Parker 1949

See also Clark 1918

Sister taxa: Chione (Securella) ensifera, Chione (Securella) kanakoffi, Securella alaskensis, Securella bisculpta, Securella carmanahensis, Securella clallamensis, Securella elsmerensis, Securella juanensis, Securella montesanoensis, Securella olympidea, Securella panzana, Securella securis, Securella staleyi, Securella vancouverensis

Type specimens:

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (8: Alaska, California collections)

Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences

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