Tivela weaveri Dickerson 1914 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. The fauna of the Siphonalia sutterensis Zone in the Roseburg Quadrangle, Oregon. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4:113-128

Belongs to Tivela according to R. E. Dickerson 1914

Sister taxa: Tivela (Comus), Tivela (Pachydesma), Tivela (Planitivela), Tivela (Tivela), Tivela cliffensis, Tivela gastonensis, Tivela kelloggensis, Tivela merriami, Tivela packardi, Tivela trigonalis, Tivela vaquerosensis

Type specimen: CAS 239 and 240 (cotypes)

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Computer Media (SDSNH 3278) (Eocene of California)

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