Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Full reference: D. H. Dailey and W. P. Popenoe. 1966. Mollusca from the upper Cretaceous Jalama Formation, Santa Barbara County, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 65:1-41
Belongs to Corbicula according to D. H. Dailey and W. P. Popenoe 1966
Sister taxa: Corbicula (Corbicula), Corbicula (Corbiculella), Corbicula (Corbiculina), Corbicula (Cyanocyclas), Corbicula (Donacopsis), Corbicula (Leptesthes), Corbicula (Loxoptychodon), Corbicula (Paracorbicula), Corbicula (Tellinocyclas), Corbicula arnoldi, Corbicula brevidens, Corbicula britannica, Corbicula carlosensis, Corbicula consobrina, Corbicula cowlitzensis, Corbicula dowlingi, Corbicula gerthi, Corbicula ingens, Corbicula jestesi, Corbicula kettlemanensis, Corbicula oldroydi, Corbicula olequahensis, Corbicula oregonensis, Corbicula pugetensis, Corbicula serrodentata, Corbicula sookensis, Corbicula willisi, Cyrena (Corbicula) altissima, Cyrena (Corbicula) diabloensis
Type specimen: UCLA 40412. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4114, Jalama Creek, which is in a Campanian offshore sandstone/conglomerate in the Jalama Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (30: California)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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