†Linearia cribelli Stephenson 1941 (tellin clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Full reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1941. The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro group of Texas. The University of Texas Publication 4101:1-625
Belongs to Linearia according to M. A. Kosnik 2005
See also Sohl and Koch 1984 and Stephenson 1941
Sister taxa: Linearia crebelli, Linearia multicostata, Linearia semistriata, Linearia weiseri, Linearia wieserae, Tellina (Linearia) delicatula
Type specimen: U.S.N.M. no. 76698.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (10: Alabama, Maryland, Texas collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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