†Rhaiphiale pharota Saul 1993 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: L. R. Saul. 1993. Pacific Slope Cretaceous bivalves: eight venerid species. Journal of Paleontology 67(6):965-979
Belongs to Rhaiphiale according to L. R. Saul 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LACMIP 8238. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 10888, Santiago Peak, which is in a Turonian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Ladd Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 10888, Santiago Peak
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