Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Mulinia panzana
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 Pseudocardium according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Loel and Corey 1932
Sister taxa: Pseudocardium densatum, Pseudocardium landesi, Pseudocardium meganosensis, Pseudocardium newcombei, Pseudocardium orthomorpha, Pseudocardium pabloensis, Pseudocardium packardi, Pseudocardium yaquinense, Spisula (Pseudocardium) haboroensis
Type specimen: UCMP 31792
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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