Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Alternative combination: Venus veatchii
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Eriphyla according to L. R. Saul 1992
See also Gabb 1864 and Stewart 1930
Sister taxa: Eriphyla (Dozyia), Eriphyla (Eriphyla), Eriphyla (Miyakoella), Eriphyla agrioensis, Eriphyla argentina, Eriphyla forbesiana, Eriphyla lapidis, Eriphyla lenticularis, Eriphyla ovoides, Eriphyla umbonata
Type specimen: Its type locality is "Chico beds" - Tuscan Springs, Tehama, which is in a Coniacian coastal siliciclastic in California
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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