Cuspidaria persulcata Stanton 1895 (clam)

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

Alternative combination: Corbula persulcata

Full reference: T. W. Stanton. 1895. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133:1-132

Belongs to Cuspidaria according to A. Kaim et al. 2014

See also Stanton 1895

Sister taxa: Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria), Cuspidaria (Dianocuspidaria), Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama), Cuspidaria (Tergulina), Cuspidaria adelaidensis, Cuspidaria alpis, Cuspidaria alpiscivicae, Cuspidaria attenuata, Cuspidaria grandis, Cuspidaria grovensis, Cuspidaria latesulcata, Cuspidaria moreauensis, Cuspidaria obesa, Cuspidaria prima, Cuspidaria subrostrata, Cuspidaria triassica, Cuspidaria variabilis, Cuspidaria ventricosa, Cuspidaria vorbei

Type specimen: USNM 23061

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USNM loc. 23051, Paskenta (Jurassic of California)

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