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 (Calpitaria) according to H. E. Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Pitar (Calpitaria) carteri, Pitar (Calpitaria) obliqua, Pitar (Calpitaria) petropolitanus, Pitar (Calpitaria) sainceyensis, Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius, Pitar (Calpitaria) texacola, Pitar (Calpitaria) texibrazus, Pitar (Calpitaria) tornadonis, Pitar (Calpitaria) vaginacarum
Type specimen: UCMP 15670
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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