†Pitar (Lamelliconcha) avenalensis Vokes 1939 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246
Belongs to Pitar (Lamelliconcha) according to H. E. Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Pitar (Lamelliconcha) crooki, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) joaquinensis, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) nomlandi, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) vertumni
Type specimen: UCMP 15678
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Alaska, California, Washington collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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