Cuspidaria moreauensis Meek and Hayden 1856 (clam)

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

Alternative combinations: Corbula moreauensis, Neaera moreauensis

Belongs to Cuspidaria according to I. G. Speden 1970

See also Meek 1876

Sister taxa: Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria), Cuspidaria (Dianocuspidaria), Cuspidaria (Liomya), Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama), Cuspidaria (Tergulina), Cuspidaria adelaidensis, Cuspidaria alpis, Cuspidaria alpiscivicae, Cuspidaria attenuata, Cuspidaria grandis, Cuspidaria grovensis, Cuspidaria latesulcata, Cuspidaria obesa, Cuspidaria persulcata, Cuspidaria prima, Cuspidaria subrostrata, Cuspidaria triassica, Cuspidaria variabilis, Cuspidaria ventricosa, Cuspidaria vorbei

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: South Dakota, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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