Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina crooki
Full reference: R. N. Nelson. 1925. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15(11):397-466
Belongs to Tellina (Megangulus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Nelson 1925
Sister taxa: Megangulus bodegensis, Megangulus maxima, Megangulus protovenulosa, Megangulus pulchrus, Tellina (Megangulus) kewi, Tellina (Megangulus) lutea
Type specimen: UC 30523, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3776, Runkle Canyon, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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