Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Leukoma lacinata, Protothaca laciniata, Protothaca staminea laciniata, Tapes lacinatus, Tapes laciniata, Tapes laciniatus, Venerupis staminea laciniata
Belongs to Leukoma according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Bruff 1946, Chace and Chace 1919, Durham and Addicott 1965 and Kanakoff and Emerson 1959
Sister taxa: Leukoma asperrima, Leukoma beili, Leukoma columbiensis, Leukoma dolicha, Leukoma ecuadoriana, Leukoma grata, Leukoma histrionica, Leukoma metodon, Leukoma pertincta, Leukoma staleyi, Leukoma staminea, Leukoma thaca, Protothaca (Tropithaca) seymourensis, Protothaca (Novathaca), Protothaca (Protothaca)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)
• Miocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.