Tresus saxadomoides Clark 1918 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Alternative combination: Spisula saxadomoides

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 Tresus according to E. J. Moore 2003

See also Clark 1918

Sister taxa: Tresus capax, Tresus nuttallii, Tresus pajaroanus, Schizothaerus trapezoides

Type specimen: UCMP 11268. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek

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