Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
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 Etea according to D. H. Dailey and W. P. Popenoe 1966
Sister taxa: Etea angulata, Etea carolinensis
Type specimen: UCLA 40404. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4147, Jalama Creek, which is in a Campanian offshore sandstone/shale in the Jalama Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (10: California collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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