Posidonioceramus moberliensis McLearn 1943 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Alternative combinations: Inoceramus nahwisi mobeliensis, Posidonia nahwisi mobeliensis, Posidonomya nahwisi mobeliensis

Belongs to Posidonioceramus according to I. Walaszczyk and W. A. Cobban 2016

Sister taxa: Posidonioceramus athabaskensis, Posidonioceramus dunveganensis, Posidonioceramus goodrichensis, Posidonioceramus merewetheri, Posidonioceramus nahwisi

Type specimen: GSC 8945. Its type locality is Coal Creek, south of Peace River, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in the Goodrich Formation of Canada.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (1: Montana)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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