Trinacria willipaensis Clark 1925 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1925. Pelecypod from the Marine Oligocene of Western North America. PaleoBios 15(4):69-136

Belongs to Trinacria according to B. L. Clark 1925

Sister taxa: Trinacria (Pachecoa), Trinacria adamsi, Trinacria cancellata, Trinacria cor, Trinacria cuneus, Trinacria menthifontis, Trinacria nipponica, Trinacria ovalis

Type specimen: LSJU 16. Its type locality is SU Loc. N.P.253, Willapa River N of Holcomb, which is in a Priabonian/Rupelian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at SU Loc. N.P.253, Willapa River N of Holcomb

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