Tivela gastonensis Clark 1925 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

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

Belongs to Tivela according to B. L. Clark 1925

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

Type specimen: LSJU 43

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tivela gastonensis in the database

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