Tivela merriami Trask 1922 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: P. D. Trask. 1922. The Briones Formation of Middle California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(5):133-174

Belongs to Tivela according to P. D. Trask 1922

Sister taxa: Tivela (Comus), Tivela (Pachydesma), Tivela (Planitivela), Tivela (Tivela), Tivela cliffensis, Tivela gastonensis, Tivela kelloggensis, Tivela packardi, Tivela trigonalis, Tivela vaquerosensis, Tivela weaveri

Type specimen: UCMP 12378

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tivela merriami in the database

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